The US military budget was 716 billion dollars in 2019! When you are the world’s greatest power, then you must not lag behind because there is always someone waiting around the corner who wants to take over the first place. China, for example, is increasingly powerful financially and militarily. Of those empty billions, a few million were certainly spent, as it were, on drinks and similar activities that do not affect military readiness.
However, the responsible services for internal control in the Pentagon were bothered by one item, he says HAK magazine. Former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis signed off on spending $2.9 million to build a road around the US missile base in Romania, and there is nothing disputed about that. However, there is also an unforeseen cost hidden in that budget item. Namely, in addition to the 12.4 kilometers of roads around the Deveselu base, there is also one Dacia Sandero Stepway for the Romanian Ministry of Defense.
Controllers at the Pentagon argued that it was unusual for America to buy a car from a country – and a car to use on its own soil. With a Dacia Sandero Stepway, Matis probably wanted to strengthen the alliance with his Romanian friends, who apparently need little for happiness. At that time, the most expensive Sandero Stepway was no more expensive than 12,13 thousand euros. Correlated with $716 billion, that’s like Mark Zuckerberg, the owner of Facebook, buying you ice cream.
Source: Revijahak.hr
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Source: autoblog.rs
