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Originally Posted by Antonio
Yet, the Russian defense budget is 10 times smaller, is this for real?
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The budget size doesn't really matter actually. Just compare how much one private cost to the US and to Russia. Soldiers in the USA get paid for their service, in Russia they serve for free. Food, infrastructure, equipment and weapon is also much more expensive for the US military budget. However it doesn't mean that expensive M16 is better than cheap AK. The same applies to aircrafts, tanks, missile defense systems etc.