re: #439 lawhawk

Russia’s military budget is a fraction of the US budget. Their core level gear is largely from the 1980s/1990s, and while they’ve unveiled some new current generation tanks (Armata) and aircraft, they’re not large volume purchases - so there’s only handfuls of them available for combat ops. They’re also probably with the elite units, not the conscripts.

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Misleading measure. Fraction of our budget because their costs are significantly lower. Our nation is the most profligate in the world in spending excessive amounts of money in all societal aspects, without improving quality. Think of health care where most of the first world spends significantly less with better outcomes.