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Re:Why the U.S. can't build icebreaking ships by Spooky23 on Thursday September 26, 2024 @10:21PM (#41665668)
You adapt. Ukraine is emptying the US armories to kill Russians at scale.

You get smarter/more accurate with the constrained supply of shells, adopt drones etc.

In the 80s, expensive Maverick missiles were the primary airborne tank killer. Now the Ukrainians are dropping mortars into tank hatches from cheap drones.

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Re:Why the U.S. can't build icebreaking ships by closewith on Thursday September 26, 2024 @11:35PM (#41666019)
That just moves the issue onto the production of drones.
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Re:Why the U.S. can't build icebreaking ships by bluGill on Friday September 27, 2024 @09:49AM (#41670434)
> Ukraine is emptying the US armories to kill Russians at scale.

Not really. Most of what Ukraine is getting is things that were on the list to destroy because they are end of life anyway.

Of course the important lesson to take here is that the US doesn't have enough missile defense systems in storage.

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