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Killjoy Boffin
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'the u.s. military is bigger than the next ten largest militaries combined'
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By the looks of it, they (probably) mean by budget.
Official stats put the US in third for active personnel, even further down the list if you include reserves.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_...r_of_military_and_paramilitary_personnel#List
The US does, however, have a pretty big military budget (but not the highest by % of GDP) :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures#List