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Then why all the angst among US military and government about being unable for so long to produce their own rockets?

• lightgreen 7y ago
  Why produce something when you can buy it cheaper? Economy 101.
  • salawat 7y ago
    Counterpoint: Global geopolitics and Military Logistical Strategy 101: sometimes you can't trust who you're buying that widget from when the widget in question has a significant contribution to maintaining National Security. There are also risks to having someone else manufacture a widget that incorporates technology you'd rather not spread around. This is why there will always be at least one domestic chip foundry, and most of the critical components of ICBM's /nuclear weapons are manufactured domestically as I understand it. Medical equipment also falls under that umbrella. Hell, even taps and dies do. God bless Admiral Rickover in that regard.
• jonathankoren 7y ago
  This isn’t an opposing point. You want both.