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meanwhile, across thousand years of history, best tools mattered marginally. get the job done cheap is what traditionally won wars. so there's that.
by LoSboccacc 9y ago
meanwhile, across thousand years of history, best tools mattered marginally. get the job done cheap is what traditionally won wars. so there's that.
- varjag 9y agoThe history is full of examples where superior weapons won wars.
- LoSboccacc 9y agobattles, at most. wars are inevitably won by production and logistic.
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- hn0 9y agoIndeed. You can probably operate 4 or 5 SAAB Gripens for the cost of one F35, even though they are individually inferior.
- varjag 9y agoGripens were in fact in final round talks vs F35 for Norway's tender. Costs were not too dissimilar.
- hn0 9y agoThat’s interesting, I’ve read articles stating the operational costs were supposed to be much lower than the F35. In my country there’s now pushback against the F35 but there seems to be a push to obtain them irregardless of criticisms. This makes me wonder if there’s political maneuvering by the US to keep the militaries linked.