alt Hacker NewsWeapons are only expensive if you want them to be expensive.
Ukraine are butchering Russians for 870 USD per dead soldier.
The USA has the most expensive weapons in the world, the problem is that much of it is obsolete.
Weapons are only expensive if you want them to be expensive.
Ukraine are butchering Russians for 870 USD per dead soldier.
The USA has the most expensive weapons in the world, the problem is that much of it is obsolete.
Ukraine butchers soldiers for cheap. The US drops a bomb through the Atatollah’s bedroom window for not-cheap. It’s not clear to me which is more cost effective in the end. (Ignoring for a moment that US strategy in this war seems to be nonexistent. Imagine these capabilities were being used with some actual goal in mind besides “if we take their king then we win.”)