https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=3688346844Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Mon, 06 Jul 2026 05:44:05 +0000Any talk that assumes the US defense budget is massive is silly. It's approx 12% of the federal budget and 3.4% of the nation's GDP. It seems large because the US is rich and it seems large compare to the EU because most of the EU, besides Poland, decided it was a lot cheaper to have a token force and leave the real work to the Americans.

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