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Russia only spends 145 billion a year on military
Posted on 3/3/25 at 9:48 pm
Posted on 3/3/25 at 9:48 pm
Why the frick can't europe field an army? They spend more than that - where is the money going? Send Elon over there
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Posted on 3/3/25 at 9:50 pm to Bigdibber
You know that whole thing that all these other countries say is because of how great they are (free healthcare, schooling etc) It's because they dont have to spend on their militaries because of the US.
Things are about to get real for them when they realize they can't do both.
Things are about to get real for them when they realize they can't do both.
Posted on 3/3/25 at 9:54 pm to Bigdibber
That’s a whole bunch of rubles
Posted on 3/3/25 at 9:56 pm to Bigdibber
Why would you believe anything thing they say.. they are masters of propaganda.. they have also ramped up their war machine so it’s impossible for us to know what there true costs are annually
Posted on 3/3/25 at 9:57 pm to TROLA
That number is from US. Russian GDP is one tenth of europe. No reason EU can't pay their own way
Posted on 3/3/25 at 10:34 pm to Bigdibber
Russian hammers don't cost a thousand bucks like the hammers that American defense contractors buy.
Posted on 3/3/25 at 10:39 pm to Bigdibber
How old are these people that are pearl clutching over the Russian boogeyman. Russia is poor and sad. Let them be.
Posted on 3/3/25 at 10:39 pm to Bigdibber
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where is the money going?
Free Internet, free healthcare, $475 government subsidized 7 day vacations
Posted on 3/3/25 at 10:59 pm to Bigdibber
Russia also has a stockpile of reserve weapons, ammo, munitions, artillery, aircraft, armor and more from the cold War so their military is gigantic.
For 50 years the Soviet Union tried to keep up with the US armament buildup and capabilities and it bankrupted them, but it also made sure they had generations of equipment and arms. Albeit outdated, Russia still has a reserve of enough to fight a continental war.
Europe after WW2 had a much smaller buildup because of the devastation of the conflict on their turf, plus big daddy Uncle Sam was always there funding and supplying NATO with everything it needed. Russia is obviously capable of still fighting a war and they have advanced weapon system, but they
For 50 years the Soviet Union tried to keep up with the US armament buildup and capabilities and it bankrupted them, but it also made sure they had generations of equipment and arms. Albeit outdated, Russia still has a reserve of enough to fight a continental war.
Europe after WW2 had a much smaller buildup because of the devastation of the conflict on their turf, plus big daddy Uncle Sam was always there funding and supplying NATO with everything it needed. Russia is obviously capable of still fighting a war and they have advanced weapon system, but they
Posted on 3/4/25 at 12:31 am to Jack Ruby
Continue please …
Posted on 3/4/25 at 12:55 am to flyAU
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You know that whole thing that all these other countries say is because of how great they are (free healthcare, schooling etc) It's because they dont have to spend on their militaries because of the US.
Russia has free healthcare so military and free healthcare aren’t mutually exclusive. How Russia pulls it off is they hardly pay their citizens anything so the have super low labor costs allowing more to be built for less.
Posted on 3/4/25 at 1:03 am to theballguy
I hope Jack Ruby didn't just die.
Posted on 3/4/25 at 1:15 am to aero1126
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How Russia pulls it off is they hardly pay their citizens anything so the have super low labor costs allowing more to be built for less.
Russia forces its companies to pay low wages? Or is the labor cost relative to the cost of living like it is everywhere?
Posted on 3/4/25 at 1:25 am to Bigdibber
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Why the frick can't europe field an army? They spend more than that - where is the money going?
Listen to the music……
Posted on 3/4/25 at 1:56 am to Rip N Lip
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Russia only spends 145 billion a year on military
And it shows in Ukraine!
Posted on 3/4/25 at 3:05 am to Bigdibber
When adjusted for purchasing power parity, equates to approximately $462 billion
Posted on 3/4/25 at 3:16 am to Rip N Lip
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Listen to the music……
Im in Sweden now and the only music I hear was made in America. ABBA could only take them so far
Posted on 3/4/25 at 4:04 am to Bigdibber
Paying for their clean cities and nice roads. Honestly all the things we need to do here as far as infrastructure goes.
Posted on 3/4/25 at 5:06 am to beaverfever
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Russia is poor and sad. Let them be.
Yet unconquered from without
Posted on 3/4/25 at 5:08 am to Bigdibber
After you remove the waste and fraud that's about how much we functionally spend too.
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