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That isn’t what the article in your OP says though, that was my point. The only factor it considered was total amount spent compared to total amount spent by other nations (measured and adjusted in different ways).
Surely, the correct way to approach this is to work out what you want the military to actually achieve, then what resources they would need to achieve that and how much those resources would cost. That should determine the military budget. How that total amount compares to what other nations spend is irrelevant as long as the military can achieve its aims.
That is already done. Then the planners have to match up the strategy with what they can get in the way of a budget.
[h=3]Quadrennial Defense Review - Wikipedia[/h]
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The Quadrennial Defense Review Report was the main public document describing the United States' military doctrine. In 2018, the QDR was replaced by the National Defense Strategy (February 2018). As stipulated in the 1997 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the QDR is to be conducted every four years.