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Originally Posted by Antonio
according to this site (nuclear capabilities not taken into account):
http://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing.asp
Yet, the Russian defense budget is 10 times smaller, is this for real? I guess it really depends on the factors that they take in to account, but still the indices are almost identical. |
so,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borei-class_submarine
this is the russian new sub, costs 800 million to build
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio-class_submarine
this is the american equivalent, priced out for '97 prices, at 2 billion
it does far less, has far less, and yet.. costs a lot more
you tell me who has the better military.