Keep the scale in mind folks... China has more soldiers to its disposal than the US has citizens, keeping all those folks fed and ensuring they have up to date equipment and enough ammo to play with probably takes up a very large part of that budget.
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Originally Posted by Robin
"In a speech, Mr Rumsfeld said China was expanding the reach of its ballistic missiles beyond the Pacific region to cover most of the world"
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Originally Posted by Clever observer
"In a speech, Mr Rumsfeld said Saddam was expanding the reach of its ballistic missiles beyond the Middle East to be able to deliver SARS and Bird Flu to Washington"
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