Comparing military expenditures between east and west has always required a correction for general level of development: an hour of a soldiers or manufacturers

Comparing 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.