Re: Russia to start a new arms race?


Message posted by Mark on April 23, 2011 at 13:07:49 PST:

Maybe the defense budget is much smaller but what they're buying is also less expensive so reality they are probably able to buy just as much if not more equipment was the money they're spending. Unlike in the United States where the prices of military equipment have gotten ridiculous because of all the pockets that must be lined in Russia many of the industries are still state controlled.

Our entire military manufacturing segment of the market has also shrunk drastically so if we really had to produce significant quantities of equipment for a major conflict we would be hard pressed to do what. We certainly wouldn't ever be able to produce equipment like we did during WWII.


In Reply to: Re: Russia to start a new arms race? posted by Mark Lincoln on April 22, 2011 at 15:28:16 PST:

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