It's a combination of factors:
- as mentioned above, large-scale weapons research in WWII lead to nuclear supremacy and the rise of the military-industrial complex
- many politicians have ties to the military-industrial complex and thus have a vested interested in the use and sale of armaments
- simple economics: the US is a very rich and very large country. It spends a much higher percentage of its already-high GDP on the military.
- geography: the US is very difficult to attack (as it is a huge island), even if someone should want to. So throughout history, the Americans have suffered fewer setbacks and have had more time to build an industrial infrastructure that could later be put to military use.
- advertisement, patriotism, nationalism: many US citizens are very patriotic. They can have a more favorable view towards their own country's interests and protecting these from threats. They may also be more likely to endorse violence as an acceptable solution to a political issue, where other countries might try negotiation.
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Pretty sure about the first four; the last one is a guess of mine, I have no data, please don't take offense as none was intended.
Topic: Most powerful standing Military - page 2. (Read 274 times)
This is a difficult question. The leader plays an important role
Leader, Weapon Technology, Strategics. Everything counts
They spend an inordinate amount of money on their military and their Military industrial complex seems to be big business there. Seems like they waste a lot more than they make, but they want a powerful military so... i guess we will see if it's sustainable long term.
Yeah , US is the most powerful standing military at this moment. According to this article: http://www.businessinsider.com/these-are-the-worlds-20-strongest-militaries-ranked-2015-9/#3-china-18 .
Well, after world war 2, the US actually focused on weapons technology and actually funded them to advance the military. After the world war 2, they got all the Nazi scientists and actually used them to research on how to move forward their military might. From then on they waged war to learn from it. Also, not to mention, there alot of unsactioned hits by the government
This is a difficult question. The leader plays an important role
How is it that the USA developed the worlds most powerful standing Military -Including the Navy & the Airforce ?
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