5-Jan-12 World View -- China's aggressive military buildup

[John]

5-Jan-12 World View -- China's aggressive military buildup forces U.S. change of strategy



Israelis shocked by ultra-Orthodox children dressed as Nazi Holocaust victims

** 5-Jan-12 World View -- China's aggressive military buildup forces U.S. change of strategy
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/cgi ... 05#e120105



Contents:
Israelis shocked by ultra-Orthodox children dressed as Nazi Holocaust victims
China's aggressive military buildup forces U.S. change of strategy
China plans military base in Northern Pakistan
Britain and US to scale down military capability due to debt crisis
Syria's opposition accuse government of deceiving Arab League monitors
National Security Council denies that Obama has been to Mars


Keys:
Generational Dynamics, Israel, ultra-Orthodox, Nazi concentration camp,
Beit Shemesh, China, DF-21D, South China Sea, East China Sea,
Pakistan, Gwadar, Xinjiang, Philip Hammond, Leon Panetta,
Syria, Arab League, National Security Council, Mars

[Trevor]

Okay, here's what I estimate the gap in military spending to be between China and the United States. I'm going to assume a 15 percent increase in China's military for 2012, just to keep things simple. That would boost their official military budget to 106 billion. Our baseline budget, not including the war in Afghanistan, is around 550.

Next, let's assume that both official budgets are an understatement. I'm going to say that China's real military budget is 70 percent higher than the official budget, making it 180.2 billion. As for the United States, I'm going to say 25 percent, bringing it to 687.5 billion.

After that, let's subtract salaries from there numbers. China's got about 4 million soldiers in total right now, and let's say the average is 3,000 dollars a year, so subtract 12 billion. That's 168 billion for them. As for us, subtract about 150 billion, making it 537.5 billion.

Based on this, the numbers are more even than some claim. The ratio is about 3.2-1. In conclusion, they will be able to match us in about 5 years, especially considering that we're taking an axe to our budget.