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Good for Turkey. I must state that its impressive.
And I had stated earlier I guess I was quite close when I said that this $160Billion would be distributed over 40 years.
Quite frankly, I have had no idea about Turkey's massive military buildup as I keep myself more focussed on threat perception coming from India's immediate neighbour, with whom we have a 90% chance of seeing a war within our lifetimes, and whenever this happens, it most likely would be
India Vs (Pakistan+China).
But still, even if I were to become PM of India, then despite the threat perception, and despite the perception of this threat turning real with India Vs (Pakistan+China), I still would not allocate 5-6% of GDP on Defense. I would rather Invest that money in Internal Economy, and then allow 2.5% or 3.0% of even greater economy to do its Job.
3.0% of $1.5Trillion economy is one thing and 3.0% of $3.0Trillion economy is quite another.
I frankly dont know if that military buildup with that quantum of money is justified or not for Turkey and that's for something Turkey's people to decide. I guess I am not qualified to comment on the same.
However, since Turkey is spending roughly $5Billion/year, so the threat perception to Turkey I guess would rather be very huge.
All I understand is you are in close proximity to Iran and Syria. Its anyone's guess as to which countries are most likely to go on war with Iran and Syria as both Iran and Syria in their right frame of mind would not Initiate war on Turkey on its own, Turkey also I guess would not be country to Initiate war on Syria and Iran on its own.
But still there are countries who would want to go on War with Syria and Iran. One is Israel and other is US, and when it comes to Iran, it would be US and not Israel.
So what I am saying is that in any event of war against Iran, it would be Turkeys AirForce that would do most of the job against Iranian Airforce. So much for NATO membership and so much to desire for EU recognition, but as I said, I am not qualified enough to comment on matters concerning a country as faroff as Turkey.
Moral of the Story: If every country is preparing for a WorldWarIII, chances are that the World will see another Genocide and Another WorldWarIII.
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