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That's about 6.5% of the equivalent daily defense budget of the USA. I.e., a rounding error. This is not a comment on whether this is "right" or "wrong", but r
by mytailorisrich 1y ago
That's about 6.5% of the equivalent daily defense budget of the USA. I.e., a rounding error.
This is not a comment on whether this is "right" or "wrong", but rather a comment on the gigantic mountain of money the US spend on defense anyway. In addition, I suspect that this is just an accounting cost as most costs would have been incurred anyway to maintain the equipments and human resources.
- palmfacehn 1y agoOnce they are deployed, the ratio of overhead may be lower. Not to suggest that having a long term deployment is ideal. >...costs would have been incurred anyway to maintain the equipment and human resources. Fair point. How much would they spend on similar training exercises?
- reverendsteveii 1y agoOur army is the largest standing army in human history and our domestic police force is the third largest standing army in human history.
- JojoFatsani 1y agoThat’s true.. assuming by “our” army you mean China’s army: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/military-size-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/military-...
- reverendsteveii 1y agoOh, I was going by budget. Our military budget more than triples China's and doubles it as a % of GDP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_highest_military_expenditures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_highest...