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Egypt's Military Behemoth Has Firepower to Crush Uprising
(Globe and Mail-Canada) Paul Koring - Egypt's military is a million-man behemoth, ranked 10th in the world in size. It saps nearly $6 billion from Egypt's coffers annually. Another $1.3 billion in U.S. military aid is mostly spent on new American warplanes, tanks and attack helicopters. Its air force includes more than 300 U.S.-built warplanes, and modern American Abrams tanks now clatter down Cairo's streets.