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USA won't injure or kill 1 in 25 of young adults in the Iran war, unless somehow Iran does have a nuke and wants to use it, come on.
by elfly 6mo ago
USA won't injure or kill 1 in 25 of young adults in the Iran war, unless somehow Iran does have a nuke and wants to use it, come on.
- ceejayoz 6mo agoRaw manpower is hardly the only aspect of war. Especially in modern war. Running out of fancy equipment, for example, causes quite a few problems if your opponent hasn't. Like interceptor missiles.
- jopsen 6mo agoCurrently conflict is a really good sales pitch for buying more interceptors. You could expect order books to get so thick that production increases. I mean looking from the side lines, I could see why many countries might want to have a few interceptors on hand. Just in case, it's certainly a nice way to buy some time.
- pjc50 6mo agoQuite possibly would end up killing or injuring that many Iranians, though. Gaza is up to 10% of the population killed or injured in the Oct 7 reprisals: https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/HumanTollGaza https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/HumanTollGaza