Now imagine if half of those money was being spent on social wellbeing.
gumol on
Along with adjusting for inflation, it’d be nice to adjust for purchasing power parity, like we do with GDP
dertechie on
Even in an active war, Russian expenditures are nowhere close to Soviet expenditures. I would have expected them to be closer.
drunken_man_whore on
Based on the title, I was expecting a shit show… But this is genuinely interesting
Icy-Papaya-2967 on
Defence contractors mooching off taxpayer money in the U.S
TheMightyGabriel on
It’s for DEFENSE, not ATTACK. US friendly, not hostile, because democracy. Military bases and navies all around the globe to help PROTECT, not to defend private interests or interfere with foreign domestic policies.
I wonder if Americans realize the world sees them as cowboys armed to the teeth
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Source:
1. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (main source) https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex
2. ACDA World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers (Soviet 1986-1990, China 1976-89)
https://www.state.gov/world-military-expenditures-and-arms-transfers/
Tool: Excel
Now imagine if half of those money was being spent on social wellbeing.
Along with adjusting for inflation, it’d be nice to adjust for purchasing power parity, like we do with GDP
Even in an active war, Russian expenditures are nowhere close to Soviet expenditures. I would have expected them to be closer.
Based on the title, I was expecting a shit show… But this is genuinely interesting
Defence contractors mooching off taxpayer money in the U.S
It’s for DEFENSE, not ATTACK. US friendly, not hostile, because democracy. Military bases and navies all around the globe to help PROTECT, not to defend private interests or interfere with foreign domestic policies.
I wonder if Americans realize the world sees them as cowboys armed to the teeth