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That's about 6.5% of the equivalent daily defense budget of the USA. I.e., a rounding error.

This is not a comment on whether this is "right" or "wrong", but rather a comment on the gigantic mountain of money the US spend on defense anyway. In addition, I suspect that this is just an accounting cost as most costs would have been incurred anyway to maintain the equipments and human resources.



Our army is the largest standing army in human history and our domestic police force is the third largest standing army in human history.


That’s true.. assuming by “our” army you mean China’s army: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/military-...


Oh, I was going by budget. Our military budget more than triples China's and doubles it as a % of GDP

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_highest...


Once they are deployed, the ratio of overhead may be lower. Not to suggest that having a long term deployment is ideal.

>...costs would have been incurred anyway to maintain the equipment and human resources.

Fair point. How much would they spend on similar training exercises?




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