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Re:To Make More Stingers, US Needs to Revive Production Tech... by Waterluvian on Saturday July 01, 2023 @11:03AM (#36550870)
Yeah but that’s just the same kind of unqualified broad answer. Then there’s someone blaming the government for spending so much money during peacetime. Then someone will say that military spending is such that they ought to be able to. And someone will say the Stinger is 50 years old and they should be building something entirely new instead. And nobody can actually quantify any of their feelings on the matter.
Re:To Make More Stingers, US Needs to Revive Production Tech... by andrewflnr on Saturday July 01, 2023 @11:06AM (#36550900)
I think when the dust settles from all the supply chains restarting, we'll be able to quantify the benefits pretty well. For anyone actually interested in truth, anyway.
Re:To Make More Stingers, US Needs to Revive Production Tech... by Waterluvian on Saturday July 01, 2023 @11:09AM (#36550945)
As long as we also quantify every other instance where not maintaining production over two generations was the advantageous choice.
Re:To Make More Stingers, US Needs to Revive Production Tech... by andrewflnr on Sunday July 02, 2023 @12:41AM (#36558277)
That's the tricky thing with preparatory expenses, though, right? Skipping them always looks like "the advantageous choice", right up until you bitterly regret it.