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You're comparing the entire NK armed forces to one US branch.

No I am not https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_countries...




Yes you are.

>US Army 476,000 regulars

And that number goes up to ~1.3M once you add in the Air Force, Navy and Marines. And as I've said, you're still only comparing numbers of service personnel, and ignoring capability, equipment and other resources. You're also ignoring the point I was making entirely.


You said

the country with the biggest economy ends up with the biggest army.

That is demonstrably false, as shown in that Wikipedia article. In fact, there is barely any correlation between the size of a country’s economy and its army.

You're also ignoring the point I was making entirely.

Since your facts are wrong, there isn’t even a point to ignore




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