A lot of money spent in military in the US just go in lobying/CEO pockets and not in equipments... we just cannot compare spendings.Consider how US military spending is like 3.5% of GDP.
In comparison, the last (older) Chinese figures are about half that level (~1.8%?)
Consider how everyone in the world sees the US as being "overly" aggressive towards China, as per public comments by Ray Dalio and the late Henry Kissinger.
So if China wanted to match US spending levels, China should really be doubling it's military spending.
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