Because the US military, like everything else in the US, is a massive grift with no thought given to long-term consequences. As a result, the actual industrial output of the MIC is miniscule compared to its budget. I don't have a direct source but saw it here elsewhere before, but Russia makes something like a million artillery shells a year, and the US makes 65,000.
Edit: I researched the numbers out of curiosity, and the ratio is less lopsided. The US currently makes around 168k shells a year and Russia made 750k shells in 2021. Given how much smaller Russia's economy is though... Oof.
Because the US military, like everything else in the US, is a massive grift with no thought given to long-term consequences. As a result, the actual industrial output of the MIC is miniscule compared to its budget. I don't have a direct source but saw it here elsewhere before, but Russia makes something like a million artillery shells a year, and the US makes 65,000.
Edit: I researched the numbers out of curiosity, and the ratio is less lopsided. The US currently makes around 168k shells a year and Russia made 750k shells in 2021. Given how much smaller Russia's economy is though... Oof.