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Russia's actions make me nervous that China will be emboldened to do the same for Taiwan
by umvi 5y ago
Russia's actions make me nervous that China will be emboldened to do the same for Taiwan
- amelius 5y agoYes this is scary. Chinese defense budget is considerable at 1/3 of US budget.
- jthrowsitaway 5y agoInteresting. I wonder if China has the same amount of waste and overspending in their military industrial complex.
- atlantas 5y agoThat's highly relevant! China may spend 1/3, but they are more efficient. We probably waste 1/2 or more of our spending. So it's possible we are closer to parity than it would appear if solely comparing budget.
- dcchambers 5y ago> they are more efficient. Citation needed.
- bobberkarl 5y agoYour F35 price is set by the market. Their FC-31 price is set by the CCP.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoThey aren't more efficient. However, their costs (especially for labor) are much lower than in the USA except for stuff they can't source from government owned sources.
- serf 5y agoI always think that's a weird comparison when it's made; the U.S. has a long history of hiding 'true-black' project budgets in non-military (usually scientific) ledgers.
- seanw444 5y agoIt's a matter of when.
- nacs 5y agoI wonder if they'll also call the invasion a "peace keeping operation".
- stjohnswarts 5y agoNow you're thinkin! It's strange that this would fool anyone. The US has been transparent and accurate with stories, and it doesn't seem that USS... er Russia is firewalling off the internet just yet. Although I think that is soon to follow so that western stories will be limited except to those who tunnel through. I had hope Putin was just doing some dick swinging before April elections but it looks like I'm 100% wrong. it's not like he was going to lose anyway or that he's anything other than a dictator.