Good news Russia Cuts Defense Budget by 5% in 2016, They only a little allocation of $46billion Russia has to spend on their tiny military, compared the our Amazing, $581 billion.,. USA dominance is amazing to see this LAND, AIR, Sea mission become complete

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Russian military spending: $46 billion. US military spending: $581 billion

Well that's awkward. Just as Pentagon is relying more on supposed Russia threat to justify its stratospheric budget than ever before, the Russian Defense Ministry goes and announces they'll slash their own spending 5% in 2016:

Deputy DM Tatiana Shevtsova announced that the nation’s 2016 defense budget is expected to be roughly 5% smaller than its 2015 budget.

This would represent a cut of about $2.3 billion off of Russia’s existing $46 billion budget.

The US, by contrast, spent $581 billion in 2015, and is projected to spend more in 2016.

Oh how the Pentagon wishes that oil prices hadn't crashed!