If there is no war, the United States’ annual military expenditure can feed 170 small countries. Do you believe it?
Now it seems that the United States has fallen into a vortex of debt that will never be repaid after the war.
It is said that the U.S. debt has increased by US$4 trillion this year!
In addition to paying government employee salaries and pension insurance, the vast majority of the budget is spent on military expenditures.
The " National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019" signed by Trump shows that the United States' military expenditure next year will reach a record high of 791 billion U.S. dollars, which is more than the GDP of nearly 170 countries or regions around the world! If the United States does not go to war , this military expenditure can feed the people of more than 170 countries. If the United States does not go to war, it will be able to pay off its 20 trillion debt in less than 20 years.
"One cannon blast brings ten thousand taels of gold." War is a veritable scourge, a meat grinder, and a money-burning furnace. However, the US government's income is far less than the rate at which war burns money.
How powerful is the United States? I believe that after this ZTE incident, everyone has a deep understanding that the world's key computers and mobile phone chips , etc. are all American, and the operating systems are also American, Intel , Apple , Qualcomm , Microsoft , , Google and other companies control the world's high technology. If the United States really bans exports, what will the world look like? At least mobile phones will return to what they were like when 2G was 10 years ago. I can't imagine it. These high-tech companies alone are outperforming the rest of the world.
The United States has the third largest land area in the world and is extremely rich in natural resources. Its reserves of various mineral resources are among the best in the world, especially oil, which is of very high quality. It is said that it can be used directly by pouring it into the car without refining. The degree of agricultural mechanization is the highest, and the total grain output ranks first in the world.
However, why has the United States become the world's largest debtor country? The reason is that military spending is too high. If it weren't for excessive military spending, the U.S.'s gross national product would be the highest in the world, and it would never be in debt. However, his military expenditure is so large that it is equivalent to the GDP of 170 small countries except for a few large countries in the world. In other words, these U.S. military expenditures can feed 170 small countries.
There are 20 aircraft carriers in active service in the global navy, 11 of which are in the U.S. Navy, accounting for 55%;
There are 12 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in active service in the global navy, and 11 are in the U.S. Navy, accounting for 91%.
We all know that aircraft carriers are the key to a country’s naval strength. Symbolizes that when a country has an aircraft carrier, its naval strength will inevitably be greatly improved. And if a country has a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, its naval strength will be improved by more than one level. Then, building an aircraft carrier How much does a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier cost?
First of all, we need to know the combat effectiveness of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. Compared with conventionally powered aircraft carriers, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers can carry at least hundreds of carrier-based aircraft . The combat effectiveness of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier's battle group is even greater than that of ordinary aircraft carriers. Several times, but it is undeniable that the cost of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers is more expensive than ordinary aircraft carriers. You must know that the prices of many ordinary aircraft carriers are beyond the reach of many countries.
Let’s take the US military’s Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier as an example! The cost of the aircraft carrier alone is as high as 4.6 billion U.S. dollars. If converted into RMB, it is almost more than 30 billion. The cost of the latest Ford-class aircraft carrier in the US military is about three times that of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. The cost At more than 14 billion US dollars, the most important thing is that this is only the cost of the aircraft carrier itself.
The carrier-based aircraft and other things on the aircraft carrier have not been counted yet! You must know that the aircraft carrier itself does not have any attack capabilities. The attack is mainly achieved by the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier. According to relevant records, the US military aircraft carrier is equipped with about 4 squadrons of carrier-based aircraft, with a total of about 80 It ranges from 90 to 90 aircraft. Although the prices are different, each carrier-based aircraft costs at least about 40 million US dollars.!
Let’s calculate based on the lowest price of 85 aircraft. The price has reached more than 30 billion US dollars. Of course, this is only the price of the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier. When the aircraft carrier goes out, it is usually dispatched in the form of a battle group. , there will be a lot of frigates and supply ships . According to the minimum frigate formation configuration, there must be at least three frigates.
The cost of building a warship is also about 900 million US dollars. If it is a destroyer , it will cost about twice as much. So, if we calculate it as an ordinary warship and two destroyers, then the cost will be 40 More than 100 million US dollars, so from this calculation, we can see that the price of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is more than 70 billion US dollars.
Of course, these are only the cost of the equipment. The wear and tear of personnel and weapons on the aircraft carrier have not yet been added! If all these are added up, the price of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier will probably be even more expensive. Therefore, for the time being, we calculate US$70 billion per ship multiplied by 11 ships to equal US$770 billion.
There are 692 aerial tankers in active service worldwide, and the U.S. Navy and Air Force have 512 in active service, accounting for 74%;.
