| >Would you support reducing U.S. military spending from 2-3x that of China (the 2nd highest spender), to 1.5x? China is currently constructing 2 new aircraft carriers (they have 1) with as many as 3 more planned by 2030 based on intel out there. From 2001-2006 they built at least a dozen new classes of ships, putting 60 more into the water. They have at least 10 known new ships/subs coming online with some being constructed, some seeing sea trials and some being fitted out. Etc. My point is, China is very much building up their military >China's military salary structure is similar to other countries’. In terms of salary level, China’s level is comparatively low. "For example, a U.S. colonel who has served in the military for 30 years will have a monthly salary of $10,000. However, the salary of a Chinese who has served in the military for 30 years is just 8,000 or 9,000 yuan,” said Zhang. It's also worth noting China has state owned oil wells, state owned oil refineries, state owned natural gas companies, state owned fuel companies etc which all likely keeps their fuel costs artificially low. I'm guessing they also don't provide things like the GI Bill to their military personnel and similar benefits that we give to our military personnel. |
Could this be in response to the U.S. having 11? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_U...
Two of which are in the Pacific now? https://www.navy.mil/navydata/nav_legacy.asp?id=146