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The MacGyver military-industrial complex is something you just have to see to believe. Cheap Macguyver warfare makes a lot of sense economically for an economy like Ukraine’s.

Meanwhile in the US:

On top of the $22.4 billion it cost in research and development, the USS Zumwalt, one of three Zumwalt destroyer class ships, cost over $4 billion to create….Military Watch Magazine reported issues back in 2018, saying that the USS Zumwalt “suffered from poorly functioning weapons, stalling engines and an underperformance in their stealth capabilities, among other shortcomings.”

Sometimes, worse is better.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zumwalt-class_destroyer#:~:t....

https://veteranlife.com/military-news/uss-zumwalt/

parent vntx 3 years ago

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