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IWantToFuckSpez ,

Shouldn’t it be adjusting for buying power? Chinese tanks are also cheaper.

Habahnow ,

Probably complicates things. If we’re taking into account the cheapness of Chinese tanks, maybe we need to evaluate the strength of American tanks and equipment vs Chinese equipment.

Spending seems like a better way to get an idea.

yogthos ,
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As we’ve seen in Ukraine and other conflicts where US equipment has been used, it’s certainly nothing to write home about.

Habahnow ,

??? Infantry in Ukraine are able to easily take out tanks if they don’t come properly supported thanks to our anti tank munitions. This is something Russia didn’t anticipate or else they wanted have gotten so many tanks destroyed. That’s such a huge impact. Also, we haven’t even provided our newest planes to Ukraine, and still Ukraine pushed Russia back quite a bit. This war has shown how big of a difference US equipment is vs Russian.

yogthos ,
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meanwhile in the real world cbc.ca/…/ukraine-russia-canadian-forces-1.6443048

Habahnow ,

Lol what? This single story counts as statistical evidence or something?

yogthos ,
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No, this story is representative of many other stories and reports as anybody who actually has a clue would know.

yetAnotherUser ,

Not really, wages make up a large portion of military expenditure and I don’t think there are major differences between the individual “strength” of a soldier/engineer/whatever.

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