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EVERYTHING is more expensive for today's military; from pay to uniforms, from fuel to aircraft. Today's military personnel are volunteers...consequently they receive far more pay than Vietnam GIs did.
In Vietnam a drafted man received about $300 per month (as an E-4). He was GI-Government Issue...but everything was free...food...cigarettes...uniforms (today servicemembers pay for their uniforms with a uniform allowance). A Vietnam era jet fighter cost LESS than a million dollars, the F4 Phantom II cost about 2 million dollars.
Just one modern 21st century jet costs about 20 million dollars. By far most of the monies spent in Vietnam went to bombs and artillery shells and other ammunition. Over 7 million tons of bombs were dropped in the Vietnam War; over twice as many that were dropped in all of WWII! Iraq nor Afghanistan need that many bombs, as smart weapons negate that need. Nor does Iraq or Afghanistan have the targets necessitating such an expenditure.
The US lost over 2,000 jets and 8,000 helicopters, not to mentioned 300,000 wounded and 58,000 dead men. The price alone in those jets and helicopters would amount to billions.
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How much money did US spent on Vietnam?
the US spend 140 billion Dollars on the Vietnam war
How much money was spent by the Vietnamese in the Vietnam War?
See if these folks can lead you to an answer: Statistics About the Vietnam War. Recommended by the History Channel.
What did Henry vii spend his money on?
he spent his money on the best clothes and anything he needed he also spent his money on his armys armour
How much money was spent a month in the Vietnam war?
Easily millions a month. The loss of one jet was $1,000,000. Which is part of the reason the US Navy battleship USS New Jersey (Iowa class) was activated for deployment on the gun-line in Vietnam; to reduce jet losses.
What are some positives on dictatorship?
No money is spent on elections.
Year by year how much money was spent by the US in the Vietnam War?
Begin with websites: Statistics about the Vietnam War & Vietnam War Time-Line
How much money did US spent on Vietnam?
the US spend 140 billion Dollars on the Vietnam war
How much money was spent by the Vietnamese in the Vietnam War?
See if these folks can lead you to an answer: Statistics About the Vietnam War. Recommended by the History Channel.
How much money was spent in Vietnam by each country?
For the United States, the Vietnam War has been estimated to have cost about $700 Billion dollars, at today's prices.
Why could the Vietnam war be concidered a loss for the US?
The US objective was to bolster the government of South Vietnam and keep it from being taken over by North Vietnam. The US spent much money and human life trying to achieve this goal, but in 1975 South Vietnam collapsed under a North Vietnamese invasion.
The difference between the amount of money received from selling an investmentand the amount of money spent to purchase the investment is known as?
If what you spent on the investment was less then what you received when you sold it, it is called your "profit". If what you spent on the investment was more then what you received when you sold it, it is called your "loss".
How was Andrew Carnegies money spent?
Andrew Carnegie how he spent his money
How much money spent on oil last year?
The united states produced 1,861,500,000 barrels of oil last year.
American policy toward the end of Vietnam war?
America's policy was that we had spent enough lives and money trying to save a corrupt and inept country that couldn't defend itself (South Vietnam). Now it was time to let the inevitable happen, and that was to let South Vietnam fall to North Vietnam. The USA did it's best, but, we couldn't do anymore.
Money spent on the US drug war?
Money spent on the drug war?
How much money is spent on marketing in the world each year?
Between 60-70 Billion a year
Is money spent on the wildlife should actually be spent on the poor?
The problem is that money spent on the poor doesn't solve the problem at all.
