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by not saying "the next 17 or 18 nations combined,"but China's military budget is opaque, making this calculation imprecise.Furthermore, when Panetta complained about the effects of a doublingof the budget reductions,http://www.ewwealth.com/, he failed to mention that the number of U.S. shipsand planes has long been declining. The Pentagon prefers to buy fewer but morecostly weapons,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], which it expects to be more capable. For example, the Navyspends much more today than it did in 1990, but it has cut the number of its shipsfrom 570 to 285; similarly,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the Air Force has cut the number of its active dutyaircraft and helicopters from more than 5,000 to around 3,750.Thirty years ago,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], this trend caused Norman Augustine, thenan executive at the Martin Marietta Corporation, to warn that by the year 2054,the entire defense budget "will purchase just one aircraft,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," to be shared bythe Air Force and the Navy for three and a half days each, and in leap yearswith the Marines. But there is no dispute that the higher capabilities ofmodern
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