• freagle@lemmygrad.ml
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    10 months ago

    $61Bn is very nearly the entire annual Russian military budget. Estimates have it at some where between $65Bn and $75Bn.

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        10 months ago

        Only the most premium screws are accepted for consideration by the great US. How else can you be expected to shoot down weather balloons…eventually?

        Seriously though, I had friends who worked for military contractors (they’ve escaped) who told me stories about how much they overcharged the military on every single line item because it would never get reviewed.

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      10 months ago

      yeah, but they make stuff for half to a tenth the price the US does, so it goes quite a long way…