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Re:Jeff Bezos announces $3.4B NASA contract to land astronau... by nradov on Sunday May 21, 2023 @11:20PM (#36027087)
How much should we cut the military budget? Please give a specific number and show your work.

We all understand that there is a huge amount of waste. But in practice it seems to be difficult to cut that waste without losing essential capabilities.

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Re:Jeff Bezos announces $3.4B NASA contract to land astronau... by spiralx on Monday May 22, 2023 @11:40PM (#36039530)
It's redundancy, not waste, in the majority of cases. Look at what's happened to the Russian army to see what happens when there's no redundancy built-in to your logistics and supply chain, redundancy is essential to the capability of US military might.
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