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Must have been one of those old icky missiles that desperately needed replacement anyway.
U.S. defense spending will OBVIOUSLY have to go up:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/16/ukraine-w...
Military spending as percentage of GDP:
World total 2,113 2.2 100%
2 China 293.0 1.7 14%
3 India 76.6 2.4 3.6%
4 United Kingdom 68.4 2.1 3.2%
5 Russia Russia 65.9 3.1 3.1%
I mean, we're only spending 1/3 of all the money spent on military in the world!! How lame is that?
We need to shoot down those weather baloons with $1M missiles!!!
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Must have been one of those old icky missiles that desperately needed replacement anyway.
U.S. defense spending will OBVIOUSLY have to go up:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/16/ukraine-w...
Military spending as percentage of GDP:
1 United States 801.0 3.2 38%2 China 293.0 1.7 14%
3 India 76.6 2.4 3.6%
4 United Kingdom 68.4 2.1 3.2%
5 Russia Russia 65.9 3.1 3.1%
I mean, we're only spending 1/3 of all the money spent on military in the world!! How lame is that?
We need to shoot down those weather baloons with $1M missiles!!!