Originally Posted by crockett

n 2014, Russia's military budget of 2.49 trillion rubles (worth approximately US$69.3 billion at 2014 exchange rates) was higher than any other European nation, and approximately 1/7th (14%) of the US military budget.[1]


Russia GDP 2.064 trillion USD (2014). In 2014 Russia spent just over 1/4 of it's GDP on it's military..




The fiscal year 2015 base budget request is $495.6 billion, $0.4 billion less than the FY 2014 enacted base budget of $496 billion, or a decline of 0.08 percent. It is about $15 billion dollars more than the FY 2005 base budget of $481 billion after adjusting for inflation.

US GDP in 2014 17.43 trillion USD (2014). 500 billion wasn't anywhere near a quarter of our GDP..


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