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Re:Water is bursting from another abandoned West Texas oil w... by golergka on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @02:28PM (#40661278)
Ukranian invasion in particular have shown that US and Europe seriously under-invested in military. While western countries have been able to do very impressive tech, it was produced in small quantities, and once a real (although a regional) war broke out, it became clear that even Russia can drastically outperform western factories in raw production capacity.

With risks of much larger conflict with China become more serious, I really hope that americans reconsider their priorities and invest in military production before it's too late.

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Re:Water is bursting from another abandoned West Texas oil w... by Tade0 on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @05:03PM (#40663099)
Russia produces a lot, but loses even more.

Indicators of that include bringing T-55 tanks to the battlefield, which require four, instead of the usual three, crew members to operate, which is troublesome.

They produce artillery rounds at a rate of 250k per month, but fired approximately 10mln during the first two years of the war.

The Black Sea Fleet is unlikely to recover anytime soon - if ever.

The list goes on. What good is production capacity ig it's wasted like that?

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Re:Water is bursting from another abandoned West Texas oil w... by llamaimperative on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @05:22PM (#40663258)
Russia is getting its brand new billion dollar (per unit) air defense systems blown up almost weekly by 1990s US equipment bud.
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Re:Water is bursting from another abandoned West Texas oil w... by jazzyjackson on Thursday June 13, 2024 @12:39AM (#40666007)
Ah, but how many weeks in a row? ;)
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Re:Water is bursting from another abandoned West Texas oil w... by acdha on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @06:52PM (#40664064)
Is it a production problem or that the US government, especially the House Republicans, won’t approve sharing with Ukraine? Shipments appeared to resume instantly once permission was given, and that’s higher-tech stuff than what Russia is making or even buying from China and Iran.
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