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The Department of War just shot the accountants and opted for speed

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285 points ridruejo | 1 comments | 11 Nov 25 14:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.225s | source
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pragmatic ◴[11 Nov 25 15:26 UTC] No.45888352[source]▶
So fast forward five years and 50% of our war materials are produced in foreign countries?

I can't help but believe this is going to weaken our war footing because the dumbest people in the room are behind it. Thirsty Pete does not inspire confidence in the Department of War Thunder.

I mean on the surface it sounds good, but LEAN is why we had no PPE on hand during covid.

In order to have off the shelf supplies we are going have an active international arms market by definition. Is this what we want?

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1. nradov ◴[11 Nov 25 23:05 UTC] No.45894129[source]▶
Sure, why not? The USA is already a leading international arms dealer. Demand is growing rapidly as countries like Russia, Iran, China, and North Korea make aggressive moves against their neighbors so we might as well get a piece of the sales.