maleficiumArmy secretary says US can't keep pumping money into expensive weapons that can be taken out by an $800 Russian drone
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Those weapons systems aren't being bought because they're needed or work well.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/12/18/congress-again-buys-abrams-tanks-the-army-doesnt-want.html
The US military is a jobs program.
I ran across some of the most incompetent, idiots in the military. They kept re-enlisting every four years because they wouldn't make it on the outside. The problem was they had been in long enough to hold the middle ranks.
They're not talking about the military, they're talking about tank production and the reasoning behind keeping the factories open and running.
The reason they’re continuing to buy them is that the assembly line needs to maintain a minimum level of production, otherwise all the staff and expertise and tooling and machinery goes away. And then whenever they are actually needed, it becomes impossible to scale up, because everyone who knows how to make the fucking things has gotten another job or retired.
It’s not plug-and-play. It’s frustrating, and yes, wasteful, but if you actually do give a shit about defense policy, there is a specific logistical reason for why this is done.
Welcome to modern wars.
Yes, we must save our war money for extremely expensive fighter jets that keep falling in the ocean for some reason
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Russia uses $800 drones?
Fpv drones are about that price. Produced en mass more likely closer to 500. But