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Japan has the fourth largest military spending in the world?

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Originally posted by: Gunbuster
Japan has the fourth largest military spending in the world?
Duh, everyone knows power armor and giant robots cost a lot
not to mention genetically mutated beast-men and psi-warrirors 🙂

Just finished watching RahXephon last night, good apocalyptic fun.
 
Originally posted by: brunswickite
linky to chart
US spending from link: $276 billion

US spending this year: $425 billion

Spending for whole rest of world combined from link (yes, Russia is missing): $454 billion

What are we so afraid of? 🙂
 
Japan does not need nukes........ they have huge mecha robots & large radioactive monsters like Godzilla :Q

Cheers,
Aquaman
 
Japan doesn't have a sizeable military but what they do have is among the best in the world technologically speaking. Some of their equipment outclasses comparable US equipment, but they only have a few of them.

Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: brunswickite
linky to chart
US spending from link: $276 billion

US spending this year: $425 billion

Spending for whole rest of world combined from link (yes, Russia is missing): $454 billion

What are we so afraid of? 🙂

Being second best. Plus, there this thing called the War on Terror currently being conducted worldwide -- heard of it?
 
Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: brunswickite
linky to chart
US spending from link: $276 billion

US spending this year: $425 billion

Spending for whole rest of world combined from link (yes, Russia is missing): $454 billion

What are we so afraid of? 🙂


the world still sucks for the most part. if the world was all a bunch of icelands, then well, we wouldn't have to spend a dime.
 
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