You can’t line defense contractor’s pockets quick enough for the upcoming midterms if you are only spending $10k per drone
ThisIsRadioClash- on
He’s right. It’s surprising that the US is still so clueless despite having watched (and heavily involved itself in) the war in Ukraine for four years.
cubesushiroll on
Is Trump gonna be pissed off since the headline makes him look bad?
ajctraveler on
It’s a feature, not a bug.
steve_ample on
Trump will feel he deserves a cut from your proceeds.
Negative-Start9414 on
It’s because Americans are so propagandized they vote against their best interests.Â
Carter_Miranda on
Let the defense contractors make some money, baby
lollipop999 on
Now we know why we don’t have universal healthcare… Raytheon, Boeing, and company need the money guys!
Arkie1927 on
It’s on purpose though . USA economy is fed on guns and bombs
TheDarthSnarf on
Even more crazy when you realize that one US missile costs more than what most US Billionaires paid in income tax last year.
HoveringMango on
They have stockpile they need to empty out and put orders for other things. That’s how MIC works. It’s not like US doesn’t have tech.
7ECA on
You can’t feed the US military-industrial complex fast enough with $10K weapons
Rynowash on
Cards.
BMF300winmag on
What is the price of the assets those missiles protect?
bitterbettyagain on
Well.. they will also try sell you a Tylenol in hospital for 40$ per pill so no one is surprised.
ummmm_nahhh on
That’s how the industrial military complex works!
Dexterus on
Except they don’t. Apache cannons, CRAM, APKWS and Sidewinders are for drones. Nice marketing though.
pq11333 on
We also had a few engineers that invented cars running on water at one time. Oh and a few scientists who had a cure for cancer!
Danijust2 on
so why they are always asking for more patriot missles if they dont need it?
Stennan on
You see, you need to allow enough margins to pay the lobbyists, the hookers the lobbyist needs and the health care plsn for the hookers. Also the cleanup crew should your business catch a case of “whistle blower” (Boeing).
Dyslexic_Devil on
Ah but Trump and his mates have shares in weapons companies.
AnnihilatorOfPeanuts on
Ukraine spend years fighting with what they could get their hand on, it’s obvious that after all that time spend fighting in a war that see heavy use of drones that they became very good at using and dealing with them.
Are missiles bad? No, on paper they are superior to everything Ukraine use to deal with Russian drones strike, the thing is that those missiles are more of a general purpose weapons, costy ones, that are used to deal with drones against which much cheaper specialised mean would do the trick, they aren’t efficient.
The fact that the US army didn’t learn from seeing Ukraine use and counter measure against drone is kinda appalling.
Pfelinus on
It’s a grift to the bids war machine friends.
KlostToMe on
Ukraine does, in fact, have the cardsÂ
voltagejim on
where are all these laser defense systems we keep hearing about?
RFtinkerer on
C-RAM goes BRRRRRRTT. I see $8k for 300 round burst, which has been more economical than the missiles.
Fit_Giraffe_748 on
its almost like they have been doing this for 5 years
Reasonable_One_1809 on
If Ukraine drone defense is so good, then why their energy infrastructure in such poor state?
sarcasmrain on
How else they gonna pump up the warmongers investments?
onetwentyeight on
What Ukraine is doing is great. Given that the USA is overspending, I want to ask the question that no CEO, Politician, or Military leader has had the balls to ask: **Does this mean we can replace all of our soldiers with AI?**
I’m joking when I ask that, but I guarantee you it’s a question that will be asked, an idea that will gain traction, and a strategy that will destroy our military might.
The solution is to use the new tools to improve existing systems, and to make them more efficient and not in the let’s cut all of the headcount and lay everyone off sense of the word, but in the we’re going to keep the system as-is but also grow it by investing in cheaper alternatives on top of what already works.
tobias19 on
yeah but you see we don’t have healthcare 😎
soggy-hotdog-vendor on
Thats The American Way, tbh.
ThaddeusJP on
Its not just a single missile cost
There is also the fact that the $4m missile is being launched from a $170,000,000 aircraft that costs $40,000 an hour to operate flown by a pilot that cost $15m to train.
Adept-Mulberry-8720 on
Trump can’t see the math thru the fog of his pride being hurt so bad! JHC get rid of Him🔥🔥🔥
blackmobius on
It isnt about money for Trump. Its not his money being spent or his kids in danger for this war.
Zelensky should have blackmailed trump with Epstein files like Israel did, if he had wanted Trump to force Russia out of Ukraine
Rotor4 on
The facts can’t be argued with no matter how much they spin it.
Salt-Addition-2859 on
Ukraine out here MacGyver-ing drones on a shoestring, while we’re lobbing yacht money at the sky. Smart play.
calmwhiteguy on
Its the same thing with medicare.
Ukraine fixes outchie at local doctor for $15 with bandaid.
US fixes outchie at local doctor for $800 with bandaid.
humblepotatopeeler on
gonna suck if nukes start flying and we wasted all our interceptors on shitty drones.
the incompetence of this administration is the end of the US.
Old_Instrument_Guy on
He’s not wrong. I have seen some of the US strikes in IRAN and it ain’t cheap.
Significant-Board718 on
Zel has the cards
Powerful_Company_682 on
Oh but however would Trump keep his promise to Putin to deplete the US missile stockpile? Drones are a better excuse than schoolsÂ
LoudMusic on
The United States is led into war so that a small group of people can make a whole lot of money.
MourningRIF on
This is the case with most military stuff. Even $10k is probably too expensive. If electronics ever becomes your hobby, you quickly realize that you can build an entire detection and control system for $50 worth of parts. Then you can 3d print 3/4 if the rest of your components. Even if you go over the top, you are talking about less than $500 worth of stuff. This stuff just isn’t that complicated anymore.
But the military overpaying has ALWAYS been about corruption.
Sinidir on
Gepard goes BRRRRR.
saurus-REXicon on
I think the people on top should have to fight it out. We don’t need any more wealthy old men telling the rest of the world to kill each other. Those old guys are the first people we can all live without.
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You can’t line defense contractor’s pockets quick enough for the upcoming midterms if you are only spending $10k per drone
He’s right. It’s surprising that the US is still so clueless despite having watched (and heavily involved itself in) the war in Ukraine for four years.
Is Trump gonna be pissed off since the headline makes him look bad?
It’s a feature, not a bug.
Trump will feel he deserves a cut from your proceeds.
It’s because Americans are so propagandized they vote against their best interests.Â
Let the defense contractors make some money, baby
Now we know why we don’t have universal healthcare… Raytheon, Boeing, and company need the money guys!
It’s on purpose though . USA economy is fed on guns and bombs
Even more crazy when you realize that one US missile costs more than what most US Billionaires paid in income tax last year.
They have stockpile they need to empty out and put orders for other things. That’s how MIC works. It’s not like US doesn’t have tech.
You can’t feed the US military-industrial complex fast enough with $10K weapons
Cards.
What is the price of the assets those missiles protect?
Well.. they will also try sell you a Tylenol in hospital for 40$ per pill so no one is surprised.
That’s how the industrial military complex works!
Except they don’t. Apache cannons, CRAM, APKWS and Sidewinders are for drones. Nice marketing though.
We also had a few engineers that invented cars running on water at one time. Oh and a few scientists who had a cure for cancer!
so why they are always asking for more patriot missles if they dont need it?
You see, you need to allow enough margins to pay the lobbyists, the hookers the lobbyist needs and the health care plsn for the hookers. Also the cleanup crew should your business catch a case of “whistle blower” (Boeing).
Ah but Trump and his mates have shares in weapons companies.
Ukraine spend years fighting with what they could get their hand on, it’s obvious that after all that time spend fighting in a war that see heavy use of drones that they became very good at using and dealing with them.
Are missiles bad? No, on paper they are superior to everything Ukraine use to deal with Russian drones strike, the thing is that those missiles are more of a general purpose weapons, costy ones, that are used to deal with drones against which much cheaper specialised mean would do the trick, they aren’t efficient.
The fact that the US army didn’t learn from seeing Ukraine use and counter measure against drone is kinda appalling.
It’s a grift to the bids war machine friends.
Ukraine does, in fact, have the cardsÂ
where are all these laser defense systems we keep hearing about?
C-RAM goes BRRRRRRTT. I see $8k for 300 round burst, which has been more economical than the missiles.
its almost like they have been doing this for 5 years
If Ukraine drone defense is so good, then why their energy infrastructure in such poor state?
How else they gonna pump up the warmongers investments?
What Ukraine is doing is great. Given that the USA is overspending, I want to ask the question that no CEO, Politician, or Military leader has had the balls to ask: **Does this mean we can replace all of our soldiers with AI?**
I’m joking when I ask that, but I guarantee you it’s a question that will be asked, an idea that will gain traction, and a strategy that will destroy our military might.
The solution is to use the new tools to improve existing systems, and to make them more efficient and not in the let’s cut all of the headcount and lay everyone off sense of the word, but in the we’re going to keep the system as-is but also grow it by investing in cheaper alternatives on top of what already works.
yeah but you see we don’t have healthcare 😎
Thats The American Way, tbh.
Its not just a single missile cost
There is also the fact that the $4m missile is being launched from a $170,000,000 aircraft that costs $40,000 an hour to operate flown by a pilot that cost $15m to train.
Trump can’t see the math thru the fog of his pride being hurt so bad! JHC get rid of Him🔥🔥🔥
It isnt about money for Trump. Its not his money being spent or his kids in danger for this war.
Zelensky should have blackmailed trump with Epstein files like Israel did, if he had wanted Trump to force Russia out of Ukraine
The facts can’t be argued with no matter how much they spin it.
Ukraine out here MacGyver-ing drones on a shoestring, while we’re lobbing yacht money at the sky. Smart play.
Its the same thing with medicare.
Ukraine fixes outchie at local doctor for $15 with bandaid.
US fixes outchie at local doctor for $800 with bandaid.
gonna suck if nukes start flying and we wasted all our interceptors on shitty drones.
the incompetence of this administration is the end of the US.
He’s not wrong. I have seen some of the US strikes in IRAN and it ain’t cheap.
Zel has the cards
Oh but however would Trump keep his promise to Putin to deplete the US missile stockpile? Drones are a better excuse than schoolsÂ
The United States is led into war so that a small group of people can make a whole lot of money.
This is the case with most military stuff. Even $10k is probably too expensive. If electronics ever becomes your hobby, you quickly realize that you can build an entire detection and control system for $50 worth of parts. Then you can 3d print 3/4 if the rest of your components. Even if you go over the top, you are talking about less than $500 worth of stuff. This stuff just isn’t that complicated anymore.
But the military overpaying has ALWAYS been about corruption.
Gepard goes BRRRRR.
I think the people on top should have to fight it out. We don’t need any more wealthy old men telling the rest of the world to kill each other. Those old guys are the first people we can all live without.