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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

The USA is both expanding it's military and also has been losing enlistment for a long time. It's not a good market. Ukraine, however, is a good example of a military shrinking because of a serious conflict. Russia is not in a serious conflict, it's engaged in what amounts to a police action.