| Jun 28, 2007 02:01 GMT-6 |
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CALIFORNIA
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USA
Russia
Israel
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| Jun 28, 2007 02:05 GMT-6 |
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CALIFORNIA
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Germany
UK
France
India
Japan
Maybe DPR.Korea
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| Jun 28, 2007 02:06 GMT-6 |
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CALIFORNIA
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Else,Maybe China,Iran or??????
I don't know!!!
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| Jun 28, 2007 03:56 GMT-6 |
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Thanks,Cali. General speaking, you have listed almost all the military powers in today's world. But why did you put China at the bottom?
This is my ranking for the top 3.
1. US
2. Russia
3. India or China
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| Jun 28, 2007 13:19 GMT-6 |
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TRAVELLE...
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Surprise for you........
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| Jun 28, 2007 13:26 GMT-6 |
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From the same source (http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/ArmsTrade/Spending.asp)
$bn percent Rank
United States 420.7 43% 1
China 62.5 6% 2
Russia 61.9 6% 3
United Kingdom 51.1 5% 4
Japan 44.7 4% 5
France 41.6 4% 6
Germany 30.2 3% 7
India 22.0 2% 8
Saudi Arabia 21.3 2% 9
South Korea 20.7 2% 10
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| Jun 28, 2007 13:30 GMT-6 |
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Of course spending and military strength are not necessarily equivalent, and $60bn spent in China probably has a much bigger bang for buck potential than the same ammount spent in the US.
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| Jun 28, 2007 13:39 GMT-6 |
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Other sources seem to put China's spending lower (closer to $50bn for the year analysed above, and fourth ranked), and state US spending to be increasing and reaching $529bn by 2006 (44% of global total).
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| Jul 5, 2007 06:47 GMT-6 |
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of interest as well - of all the mighty powers you suggest have any of them won anything at all for all that effort for say the last fifty years ???
it seems like big boys toys and multi millions for the weapons dealers.
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| Jul 6, 2007 02:47 GMT-6 |
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Won anything? US has already won a lot of things!
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