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Re:The vision of nuclear holocaust in Threads (1984) remains... by PerfectDlite on Thursday April 13, 2017 @10:54AM (#14107444)
> US Military budget alone is allmost 10x higher than russias

Because, you know, Russia is trailing waaay behind US in GDP.

And if we will take a look at military spending in % of GDP, Russia actually spends _more_ than US.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_... [2] https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2015/06/25/the-bi...

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Re:The vision of nuclear holocaust in Threads (1984) remains... by hutzlibu on Thursday April 13, 2017 @05:41PM (#14111128)
And even if they would spend 100% on military, how would that change their threatlevel if they are still totally underpowered?
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Re:The vision of nuclear holocaust in Threads (1984) remains... by PerfectDlite on Friday April 14, 2017 @10:29AM (#14114631)
What makes you think that?
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