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Re:The Overloaded Soldier: Why U.S. Infantry Now Carry More ... by pc86 on Monday January 07, 2019 @08:32AM (#18844910)
Compare the cost of a traditional round to the manufacturing cost of a self-propelled bullet. And that's ignoring R&D entirely.
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Re:The Overloaded Soldier: Why U.S. Infantry Now Carry More ... by rbanffy on Monday January 07, 2019 @01:50PM (#18848568)
Considering the amount of money poured into all things war-related, I can't really imagine a shortage of resources for R&D
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