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To: tejek who wrote (529000)11/16/2009 12:04:16 AM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575725
 
Why does our military have to be bigger than China and India's combined?

It doesn't have to be and it isn't.

Active forces

1 - China - 2,255,000
2 - US - 1,473,900
3 - India - 1,414,000
4 - N Korea - 1,106,000
5 - Russia - 1,037,000

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Total forces

1 - Vietnam - 9,564,000
2 - China - 7,024,000
3 - North Korea - 5,995,000
4 - South Korea - 5,210,000
5 - India - 3,862,300
6 - Russia - 3,796,100
7 - US - 3,385,400
8 - Turkey - 2,442,700

en.wikipedia.org

Tanks

1 - Russia - 22,800
2 - US - 7,851
3 - China - 7,580
4 - India - 5,000
5 - Turkey - 4,205

en.wikipedia.org

We do have more fighter aircraft than China and India put together but not by much and not more than China and Russia combined.