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In response to
"Article about China displaying armaments in a parade to commemorate WW2 defeat of Japan. But the graphic for top 15 defense budgets is surprising. -- (link)"
by
Covington
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Brazil was a military dictatorship until 20-30 years ago, and the armed forces still have a privileged place (which means more officers than needed,
Posted by
Roger More (aka rogermore)
Sep 2 '15, 14:07
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higher pay, etc), and a domestic industry that needs to sell ships, planes and vehicles to the Brazilian government in order to survive.
It's also the world's fifth-largest country with a massive jungle in the middle of it, so there's also border security, search and rescue, emergency management, etc...
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