Why does he insist that our military is depleted?
IT'S NOT!
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By Daniel Kearns, former paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division
1,000 times. Maybe more.
No other military or combination of militaries could even begin to inflict the slightest numbers of casualties on the United States military in a conventional war.
Consider: The U.S. spends close to what the entire rest of the world spends in defense. $711 billion. Per year. The next closest is China at $143 billion.
The M1 Abrams tank has seen more combat than just about any other tank on the battlefield today. It has never been knocked out by enemy fire. (Completely killed). Ever.
China has less than 500 Type 99 tanks, that have just been developed, and are not even close to being as good as the Abrams. We have 8,700 Abrams.
More at:
https://www.military1.com/all/article/402211-how-much-stronger-is-the-us-military-compared-with-the-next-strongest-power/
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