This is really striking. Our military spending is far beyond that of the next closest nation. I wonder though how much so this is because our labor costs to recruit troops are a lot higher. That is our army I suspect is no where near this many times larger than China’s, but it likely may cost in salaries this many times more.
http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/04/chart-of-the-day-4.html
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