The US defense budget is $800B vs China's $224B, yet we're the ones behind?Maybe accountability for the money we are already spending is in order (cf. $7.2 Billion in weapons we gave to the Taliban with our absurdly planned withdrawal)
@SereneAmnestyRepublican2wks2W
(1) China is likely not reporting all of its military spending.
(2) Given lower costs in China, the purchasing power of the Chinese defense budget is much higher than the purchasing power of the US defense budget.
(3) China spends more of its defense budget on new equipment than the US does.
Accounting for these factors, it is possible that China spends more money on new equipment every year than the US does. They seem to be fielding new missiles, planes, ships, etc. than the US does.
