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100 at 700 million each? 70 billion dollars? This program by itself is as large as the economy of Uruguay or Croatia, around the 80th ranked GDP in the world.
by kranke155 4y ago
100 at 700 million each? 70 billion dollars?
This program by itself is as large as the economy of Uruguay or Croatia, around the 80th ranked GDP in the world.
This single program!
In 2021 US spent ~801 billion in defence.
That’s around the same size as the GDP of Switzerland, Poland or Taiwan, and bigger than Argentina, Sweden or Belgium’s.
Staggering!
- odd_perfect_num 4y agoIt's an impressive number indeed, although comparing it to the GDP's of the (at best) regional powers you mentioned is not particularly relevant. Defense spending as a percentage of US GDP is actually relatively low by historical standards at 3.3%
- credit_guy 4y ago> This program by itself is as large as the economy of Uruguay or Croatia You mean as the annual GDP of Uruguay or Croatia? This is not a program that goes on for one year, it spreads over decades. You are not comparing apples and apples.
- QuadmasterXLII 4y agothis single program is almost twice as expensive as twitter!
- kranke155 4y agoLol. I think in that respect, this program seems pretty good value. Twitter doesn’t add much vis a vis a world where Reddit exists. This is stealth bomber capable of deploying nuclear weapons. Likely to maintain part of the nuclear deterrence for a few decades. Twitter is just a thing.
- melling 4y agoYes, the US GDP is staggering. It is bigger than all those countries combined. What percentage of GDP is spent on defense? It has actually gone down over the decades. https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/military-spending-defense-budget https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/mili...