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Old 10-09-2006, 09:45 AM   #28
Ayrahb
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Originally Posted by HOZ View Post
Japan is one of the biggest military spenders in the world. Their military is the closest to the US in tech hardware.
You are right - apparently they were #4 in 2005.
http://www.sipri.org/contents/milap/...r_spenders.pdf

I don't know how much of that translates into combat-readiness dollars:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Forces

Interestingly enough, Japan's per capita spending was $2.00 more than Canada's.
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