No, weak 3rd world countries should dump their cash into their economy in order to build a better tomorrow.

Wasn't an overstatement the current top of the line US Fighter can detect and fire at other countries top level fighter jets before they are even in range to detect them let alone within firing distance.

There's a reason why they don't even sell it to their closest allies even at a 250 million+ cost.

If you build up your military, you have a temptation to use it. Like when Saakashvili spent all that time beefing up the Georgian military, what did he end up doing? Provoking Russia and getting his ass kicked. This isn't to say that he shouldn't have a military at all, but all the saber-rattling that inevitably comes with a military buildup will come with political pressure to justify that buildup. Russia is similarly guilty in terms of that war developing, since Putin needed to justify his own efforts to restore Russian military prominence throughout the past decade

I remember when people here were comparing ROK and DPRK militray potential by military spendings, getting the results like 5:1. Nobody even bothered to factor in PPP, though even that would be absolutely insufficient, unless we take differencies in army structure and product development into account, from personnel salaries, to production chains and sizes of batch production. Different realities could result in rather different pricepoints, which is obvious after a little thinking.

Is that some variation of infamous "144 your traditional fighters vs. 1 F-22 in computer-simulated fight" meme? They're created mainly by lobbists for the reason to sell something to someone, nobody takes them seriously except for interweb warriors.

And what is that exactly? O_o

Definitely.

Mexico should focus on expanding its' military industry and draft every able- bodied man, in order to launch a glorious campaign that every future son of the fatherland will remember as the finest moment in our nations' history.

After that we would probably start asking ourselves what is the use of having Guatemala under our banner. -_-

is Australia considered a weaker country when it comes to military budget? whats our military budget like?

For your population size, Australia's military budget is insanely high.

I doubt smaller countries (and by that I don't mean Canada, UK, etc, but the actual smaller countries) have any resources to expand.

lol just because my threads are all contriversial doesn't mean you need to use sarcasm. Some users might not catch onto your sarcasm as most users actually respond intellectually. My crazy notions are purposely done duh, sometimes I post threads I don't even believe in.

I was on the debate team at my school and nominated for Parliament as a page. Fact is I love to debate and creating outlandish threads or contriversial threads is a great way to start a debate. You may think they are all purposterous and some I even think are. But the fact is I want to create discussion and get people thinking.

What good is another abortion loving, gay marriage loving, american loving, Athiest or gun loving thread? Everyone is so cookie cutter these days theirs nobody who goes against the grain. Its important at times to take a stand and go against the grain. This is the politics board after all.

Its just stupid how everyone conforms to the same idealogies then when those idealogies get confronted some users decide to use sarcasm and write others opinions off. Fact is all my threads are serious and they are all made to prompt discussion about real world issues.

I'd suggest rather then attacking my integrity as a user if you have a problem with something I say in a thread or how a thread is going that you message me privatly with those concerns I would be glad to explain anything.

Just look at my recent mistake in the arm China thread. I am more then willing to fix any errors or edit threads to ensure that users get the top notch quality thread I can provide. So if you have something to say to me, say it in private rather then resorting to flame bating and attacking my integrity!

LOL, perhaps you're not aware of this phenomenon but most of the world hates america. I'm not sure how that coincides with respect. If the world respected America then it wouldn't have bomb strapped people running at your soldiers, planes blowing up your buildings or civilians spitting at your tourists. I'm sure your precious FOX news fails to mention how low America is on the respect ladder, but here in europe most people sympathize more with the so called terrorists (or freedom figters) in the middle east invasion than the real terrorists of the world, the US. I don't even think most people fear the US. Infact I think as a country the US is one the most chronically afraid nations on earth because the moment you turn on the news you'd get the impression that the terrorists are hiding under your beds and sleeping with your women.

Yes the US spends a ton on its military, but unfortunately its fat, slow and largely stupid population is too incompetent to  kill a buch of people living in caves and hiding in bushes. Unfortunately, money can't buy you brains.

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