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I think size is a poor differentiator of might. A better comparison could be population or GDP. Population wise, Russia is a small country with about the same p
by ab_testing 4y ago
I think size is a poor differentiator of might. A better comparison could be population or GDP. Population wise, Russia is a small country with about the same population as Mexico and about a third of the US. GDP wise, it is even smaller. As a result, its yearly military budget is what the US and NATO spend in a week on defense. In fact, looking at raw dollar figures, the biggest spend in this was between Russia and Ukraine has been by US and NATO - which is surprising when we like to say it is not US or NATO's war.
- lazide 4y agoRussia has massively more population than Ukraine, and (at least had) an economy also significantly larger. Russia was originally planning on winning in a week; and if it wasn’t for their massive corruption and general incompetence they would have.
- brnt 4y agoComparing military expenditures between east and west has always required a correction for general level of development: an hour of a soldiers or manufacturers time have vastly different costs. Russia has the odd 100 million citizens more, so you'd think that'd make a difference too. As sibling writes, were discovering the depths of Russias problems which seem to be far greater than most of us knew.