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cm0002@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 2 months ago

Army 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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Army 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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cm0002@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 2 months ago
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Cheap drones, sometimes costing just hundreds of dollars, have been used to destroy tanks in Ukraine worth millions.
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  • ragepaw@lemmy.ca
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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

    • NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
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      The US military is a jobs program.

      • opus86@lemmy.today
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        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.

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          They’re not talking about the military, they’re talking about tank production and the reasoning behind keeping the factories open and running.

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