> They have almost the military power of the US I thought so too, until I heard their economy is as big as the Benelux. Then I though, how can they be a "world

> They have almost the military power of the US I thought so too, until I heard their economy is as big as the Benelux. Then I though, how can they be a "world power"? I looked at military spending: US: 778 bn China: 252 bn India: 72.9 bn Russia: 61.7 UK: 59.2 So in other words, they spend about the same as UK, and 12x less than US alone. They are still riding the old Soviet days. We believe their military is a world power, they (probably) believe their military is a world power. Until you look at the actual numbers. Their tanks are Soviet, their planes and helis are Soviet, their walkie-talkies are customer products. Their entire nuclear arsenal is inherited from the Soviets. It's all old, and they don't have the budget for a modern big army. That might als explain why they are struggling so much in Ukraine.