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minus-squareundergroundoverground@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·23 hours agoIf you consider the price of equipment, food, training, transport etc. it sounds like a bargain to me. I mean, the price of an American soldier.
minus-squared00ery@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-215 hours agoYeah, fair point, and add to that the price of training and supplying a Russian troop to kill that American soldier, $200k would be a good deal. But still the local salary is so low I think they could pay less.
If you consider the price of equipment, food, training, transport etc. it sounds like a bargain to me.
I mean, the price of an American soldier.
Yeah, fair point, and add to that the price of training and supplying a Russian troop to kill that American soldier, $200k would be a good deal. But still the local salary is so low I think they could pay less.