Re:A First Look at America's Supergun
by baddox on Saturday May 28, 2016 @04:22PM
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> I'm sure it could be a lot cheaper, usually government contracts are inflated.
That's a reasonable rule of thumb, but it's kind of funny to apply it to the weaponry of large scale modern militaries, since those almost certainly couldn't exist without the very governments that makes their costs inflated.
Re:A First Look at America's Supergun
by TeMPOraL on Saturday May 28, 2016 @05:54PM
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I think the GP is not saying the problem is with government - it's with the people who take government contracts and inflate the costs to take more money for themselves.
That's a reasonable rule of thumb, but it's kind of funny to apply it to the weaponry of large scale modern militaries, since those almost certainly couldn't exist without the very governments that makes their costs inflated.