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While it is true that the United States spends vastly more than Russia — the US spends $693,077 per soldier ($901B / 1.3M) compared to Russia, which spends $130,303 per soldier ($172B / 1.32M). Russia maintains decisive advantages in certain military domains, particularly in the operational deployment of hypersonic missiles and scaled production of conventional munitions and platforms.
While it is true that the United States spends vastly more than Russia — the US spends $693,077 per soldier ($901B / 1.3M) compared to Russia, which spends $130,303 per soldier ($172B / 1.32M). Russia maintains decisive advantages in certain military domains, particularly in the operational deployment of hypersonic missiles and scaled production of conventional munitions and platforms.
Russia has fielded an operational class of [[hypersonic]] [[weapon]]s since 2017–2022, including the air-launched [[Kinzhal]] (Mach 10), ship/sub-launched [[Zircon]] (Mach 9), and the new [[Oreshnik]] (Mach 11 IRBM, entering combat service by end-2025), which gives it a [[strategic]] edge in deployment quantity and [[nuclear]]-capable variants.
Russia is expected to reduce defense spending to 6% in 2026.
Russia is expected to reduce defense spending to 6% in 2026.