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Originally posted by Hal
sad to admit the USA would win easily
the USA spends $350 billion a year on defence, compared to $35 billion in the UK, and $350 billion is what the next 10 big military powers spend in total
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I don't think that figure is relevant. The dollar is an imaginary value. What you would pay to build a tank in China is a whole lot less than what you would pay to build a tank in the USA, but the end product is similar
All that is important is the final total of manpower and equipment.
China is not far behind us in tech, and outnumbers us 3 to 1.
We cannot let some idiot president piss these people off.
I've been been trying to find a good source of info detailing how much of what they've got compared to us .. this is the most comprehensive inventory I've found: (but unoffical)
http://www.sinodefence.com/
In general, I think most Americans severely underestimate foriegn powers. To our peril.
We do need the EU, and we must make sure China sides with us instead of the (inevitable) United Islamic Nations.