return2ozma@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 5 months agoTrump world reportedly flirts with a return to mandatory military service.www.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up157cross-posted to: politics@beehaw.orgpolitics@lemmy.worldprogressivepolitics@lemmy.world
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minus-squarebountygiver [any]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agotbf a lot of military budget is on R&D and equipment, training is only a tiny fraction of it. Just compare the spending and the personnel with China.
minus-squarejaspersgroove@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoI don’t think it’s tiny enough that you could multiply it by 20 and still call it tiny.
tbf a lot of military budget is on R&D and equipment, training is only a tiny fraction of it. Just compare the spending and the personnel with China.
I don’t think it’s tiny enough that you could multiply it by 20 and still call it tiny.