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This will hopefully be used to counter russian and Chinese threats in the future.
by lpcvoid 2y ago
This will hopefully be used to counter russian and Chinese threats in the future.
- preisschild 2y agoThere is a certain military that is happy to test those weapons against real russian targets :)
- jabl 2y agoI think they wouldn't want to use the absolutely newest and greatest tech there for fear the Russkies will figure out something from the wreckage. There's plenty of not quite the latest cutting edge stuff sitting in storage that could be donated, though.
- spywaregorilla 2y agoAnd so the war of 1990s tech vs. 1970s tech in the 2020s continues
- jabl 2y agoI'd argue Ukraine would be better served by the ~1000 ATACMS (in service 1991-) sitting in storage with their expiration dates rapidly approaching, than by a small number of some prototype hypersonic missiles.
- spywaregorilla 2y agoSure. And even better served by a suitable number of F16s (in service 1980).