Re:Germany plans to build Europe's largest military
by bionsystem on Monday March 21, 2022 @12:40PM
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I beg to disagree. I don't think 1 euro to spend is more efficient in Russia than in Germany or other European country, just because it has cheaper staff and commodity. A lot is lost by nonsensical bureaucratic decisions and also by corruption ; some of this has even bought a few private jets and yachts by oligarchs, as well as useless (so far ?) military bases and bunkers on-land, and so forth.
Re:Germany plans to build Europe's largest military
by mint2 on Monday March 21, 2022 @01:54PM
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That is a fair point but both that comment and mine shows it’s actually rather difficult to make sensical comparisons between absolute spend between two countries as different as Germany and Russia. There’s a thousands factors making the value of money in each country super different.
This is ignoring the labor costs and other costs differences between Russia and Germany. A euro goes a heck of a lot further in Russia and pays quite a few more soldier salaries.
And also for all that money even at cheaper wages, Russia military is embarrassing and appears to be in a state of poor maintenance. It’s only mighty due to callousness towards civilians and willingness to be a meat grinder if its own people.