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Originally posted by Cyrien:
US Pop 288 mil
Europe Pop 727 mil (all European Coutries)
Added together = A little over 1 billion
China Pop 1.386 billion Standing Army about 300mil
Can those asking us to lay off China, please explain why China has a standing army of 300 million?
As for me, Cyrien's further point about nukes being the only way to stop such an army goes far to explain China's current interest in expanding their stock of ICBMs at a time when Russia and US are both cutting their nukes way back.