Since the war began, we've spent
less than 3% of our
yearly allotted defense budget on assisting Ukraine defend themselves from a neighbor intent on fulfilling the restoration of a rotten empire, capable now only of conquering land it can only occupy after completely killing or displacing its inhabitants through a sheer volume of expendable dumb munitions and army of expendable meat waves. That defense budget, which to some people is a totally misunderstood principle, exists to cement our ability to protect and project our ability to enforce our will at home and across the globe. This 3% of the defense budget, which is less than 1.5% of our total budget, hasn't resulted in increased taxes or required funding being pulled from other sources. We've offloaded, replaced and upgraded expired and expiring munitions, vehicles and aircraft, spun up our ability to mass manufacture the aforementioned that did, in fact, create thousands of jobs, maintained our defense manufacturing base and stimulate our economy. Aid packages have been pushed through the unilaterally, as using the money set aside to counter and crush our hegemonic, economic and ideological adversaries while expending exactly zero uniformed American lives is pretty fucking obviously a good expenditure of our defense budget. As of April 18, 2025 our return on investment has been confirmed through verifiable OSINT:
Tanks destroyed: 2838, damaged: 158, abandoned: 388, captured: 533.
Armored Fighting Vehicles destroyed: 1637, damaged: 36, abandoned: 113, captured: 273
Engineering Vehicles And Equipment destroyed: 386, damaged: 48, abandoned: 58, captured: 154
Aircraft destroyed: 122, damaged: 17
Naval Ships and Submarines destroyed: 21, damaged: 7
Self-Propelled Artillery destroyed: 752, damaged: 49, abandoned: 7, captured: 109
Infantry Fighting destroyed: 4568, damaged: 154, abandoned: 465, captured: 629
Trucks, Vehicles, and Jeeps destroyed: 3193, damaged: 104, abandoned: 52, captured: 582
source:
https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html