Originally posted by The Connaught Ranger
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As for size Finland and us have a different distribution of territory, Finland being larger land wise and us having more ocean. That would mean a different split on force composition yet today their Navy as a proportion of their active forces is twice as big as ours. This is also the case for another similarly sized country (population) Denmark, there too the Navy represents about 20% of the establishment. Denmark is interesting for two other reasons; a) it has a large maritime area and b) it demographic growth is similar to ours. This is important as defence is long term and so any plan must take into account the ability to pay in the future.
The graph show our population will grow over the next few years and that growth matches that of Denmark while most other small/medium sized will fall. So even if Denmark is in NATO it would be a good candidate for comparison.
Originally posted by The Connaught Ranger
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