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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 (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] ragepaw@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 days ago (10 children)

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 18 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The US military is a jobs program.

[–] opus86 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] ragepaw@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Exactly the point.

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