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This may sound pessimistic.. nihilist (?) but I wonder if America's defense companies do not use conflicts in Ukraine, and elsewhere, as an opportunity to test
by Ajay-p 3y ago
This may sound pessimistic.. nihilist (?) but I wonder if America's defense companies do not use conflicts in Ukraine, and elsewhere, as an opportunity to test weapons systems. Is there any country that has as much real world war data than America?
- jacquesm 3y agoThis goes for defense companies the world over. They more or less have to, if they don't then they'll be irrelevant the next time around.
- credit_guy 3y agoI don't think so. America is sending lots of weapons to Ukraine, but as far as I can tell, all or most are decades old. You could test new stuff by sending it to a war zone, but there's no guarantee it won't get captured and then you are really worse off. For the US, with decades of a lead in weapons systems, the tradeoff is not worth it.