We spend ten times more - but we also buy useless crap like the LCS, cripple our DD1000 (which doesn’t have a working gun because we refused to buy ammo for it) and such like, so we pour a lot of that money down holes.
Also, we’re *not* building “ten times” as many new subs and planes.
“Also, we’re *not* building “ten times” as many new subs and planes.”
We HAVE TO be building 10 times what Russia (or China) builds, otherwise why would people ON THIS SITE keep blurting out that number when there’s a debate regarding military spending?
You wouldn’t be implying they’re idiots, or Leftist stooges, would you?