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Originally Posted by Lichen
That's #1 economy in the world for you. Suck it.
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but it is wrong
1 CHINA $23,160,000,000,000 2017 EST.
2 EUROPEAN UNION $20,850,000,000,000 2017 EST.
3 UNITED STATES $19,390,000,000,000 2017 EST.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat...01rank.html#rs
And USA in the trade war against China/EU and in the arms race with Russia. It reason Brexit. Even without Russia in ME military invasion was with the big price, we will see how fast this price increase.
Trump keeps saying the US has spent $7 trillion in the Middle East
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/24/polit...eck/index.html
Russian submarine fleet capable of launching missiles armed with hypersonics and nukes will be ready for war by 2024
WASHINGTON — A new Russian nuclear-powered submarine fleet, capable of launching intercontinental ballistic missiles outfitted with hypersonic weapons, will be ready for war by 2024, according to a person with firsthand knowledge of a U.S. intelligence report.
The Borei II submarine, also designated Borei-A, is a fourth-generation nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine that is slated to join the Russian Navy's Northern and Pacific Fleets. The U.S. Navy, by comparison, boasts one of the largest submarine fleets in the world, with 14 Ohio-class vessels tasked with the nuclear deterrence mission.
The Borei II, which is the first class of submarines developed by Russia since the Cold War, can launch 20 Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles. Each Bulava can carry a bomb yielding 100 to 150 kilotons, which is approximately 10 times more powerful than the Little Boy atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
What's more, unlike a traditional missile, which carries one warhead, the Bulava missile is capable of carrying up to 10 nuclear and hypersonic weapons on its tip. That means one Borei II submarine could potentially launch 200 hypersonic weapons, a threat the U.S. is currently unable to defend against.
"We don't have any defense that could deny the employment of such a weapon against us," Air Force Gen. John Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee in March, following Putin's comments.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/21/russ...y-by-2024.html