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Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by bootsmann on Sunday March 09, 2025 @11:04AM (#43309628)
European manufacturing is more productive than US manufacturing. The US productivity advantage comes almost entirely from the US' strong tech (as in software) sector.
Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by kragen on Sunday March 09, 2025 @11:31AM (#43309930)
Tech (as in software) is what's being cut off to Ukraine, and tech (as in software, MEMS gyros, and GNSS) is how Ukraine keeps blowing up US$3M T-90 tanks with three or four US$500 FPV drones. So I think it's highly relevant to the question of sovereignty.
Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by lfsh on Sunday March 09, 2025 @01:52PM (#43311735)
As far as I know all cheap drone tech is provided by China (to both Russia and Ukraine).
Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by kragen on Sunday March 09, 2025 @02:18PM (#43312024)
It's largely kind of an international open-source effort, but there is a lot of crucial hardware that is only available from China, yes. Until this week I think Anduril was in a good position to become an alternative to China in two to four years, but this move strongly undermines their credibility overseas.
Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by Aachen on Sunday March 09, 2025 @07:20PM (#43314976)
(Might be just me but it took a couple reads to understand you don't mean US tanks that cost thee million dollars. For me, USD is the currency code I'm familiar with)
Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by kragen on Sunday March 09, 2025 @11:11PM (#43316652)
Apologies. Around here people commonly write "U$S" but I'm not resigned to that yet.