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You can't really stockpile missiles, their explosives and fuel needs to be replaced with some interval, so having a massive stockpile doesn't make that much sen

You can't really stockpile missiles, their explosives and fuel needs to be replaced with some interval, so having a massive stockpile doesn't make that much sense, because it's as you suggests expensive to maintain. In the case of an war (like you know, a war-war) the US is perfectly capable of ramping up manufacturing to ungodly numbers (but it won't be cheap). I would however like to see what Ukraine does, if they get the go-ahead to start making Patriot missiles. They probably won't just do a run of 50 or 100 missiles and call it a day.

lowbloodsugar 2mo ago
>the US is perfectly capable of ramping up manufacturing to ungodly numbers Evidence? Genuinely curious. I read that for every ship the US can build, China can build 200. Our drones come from China. Have we got a magic tomohawk cruise missile factory that can be dialed up to the rate that China can produce? We have the raw materials pipeline and know-how still?
greedo 2mo ago
I think you should avail yourself of this thing called the Internet to research before you beclown yourself. US missile production is extremely, painfully slow. From Standard missiles used by the Navy to Patriot. From THAAD to PrSM. LRASM, Tomahawk, you name it, we have a Tiffany weapons arsenal. We're winning so much, we just put the F-15 back into production; a plane that entered service 50 years ago. Historians used to mock the Nazis for continually developing wunderwaffe; while the Allies overwhelmed them with Sherman and T-34 tanks. Now we've become the Nazis (in so many more ways than one.)
elendilm 2mo ago
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- tomhow 2mo ago
  > Source - trust me bro Please don't post snark on HN, no matter how right you are or feel you are. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - elendilm 2mo ago
    Don't try to police speech. You are saying someone says "a unicorn drank water from my home" and we should just accept it. No thanks. How about you find a better job than policing speech. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech Do you wear the police uniform as well while you are about it.
    - tomhow 2mo ago
      Excuse me, this isn’t policing speech, this is asking you not to act like a jerk. There’s an important difference. It’s not just about being respectful to others, it’s about bothering to make solid arguments yourself. If you can’t make your point without demeaning other people, you probably don’t have a good point at all. We want this to be a place where difficult topics can be discussed and all points of view can be expressed, and we work hard to keep it that way. If you’re not interested in bothering making your points thoughtfully, there’s the whole rest of the internet for you to explore.
      - elendilm 2mo ago
        Buddy you haven't seen me be snarky nor insulting. That was polite yet informative. You are clearly overreacting. "ungodly numbers", false & violates economics - thoughtful to you. "source - trust me bro. <Followed by verifiable reasons>" - you found snarky. Talk about hypocrisy. Is truth too hurtful for you. Where we hang out to explore is none of your concern. If you don't like truths, remain here and keep doing what you are doing. Who knows, I never had any incentive to put up a similiar page, but now I may have one, where falsehood and hypocritical policing will be dealt with appropriately. If you can't handle uncomfortable truths, you probably never built anything let alone lecture on what constitutes solid points.

lowbloodsugar 2mo ago

>the US is perfectly capable of ramping up manufacturing to ungodly numbers Evidence? Genuinely curious. I read that for every ship the US can build, China can build 200. Our drones come from China. Have we got a magic tomohawk cruise missile factory that can be dialed up to the rate that China can produce? We have the raw materials pipeline and know-how still?

greedo 2mo ago

I think you should avail yourself of this thing called the Internet to research before you beclown yourself. US missile production is extremely, painfully slow. From Standard missiles used by the Navy to Patriot. From THAAD to PrSM. LRASM, Tomahawk, you name it, we have a Tiffany weapons arsenal. We're winning so much, we just put the F-15 back into production; a plane that entered service 50 years ago. Historians used to mock the Nazis for continually developing wunderwaffe; while the Allies overwhelmed them with Sherman and T-34 tanks. Now we've become the Nazis (in so many more ways than one.)

elendilm 2mo ago

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tomhow 2mo ago
> Source - trust me bro Please don't post snark on HN, no matter how right you are or feel you are. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- elendilm 2mo ago
  Don't try to police speech. You are saying someone says "a unicorn drank water from my home" and we should just accept it. No thanks. How about you find a better job than policing speech. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech Do you wear the police uniform as well while you are about it.
  - tomhow 2mo ago
    Excuse me, this isn’t policing speech, this is asking you not to act like a jerk. There’s an important difference. It’s not just about being respectful to others, it’s about bothering to make solid arguments yourself. If you can’t make your point without demeaning other people, you probably don’t have a good point at all. We want this to be a place where difficult topics can be discussed and all points of view can be expressed, and we work hard to keep it that way. If you’re not interested in bothering making your points thoughtfully, there’s the whole rest of the internet for you to explore.
    - elendilm 2mo ago
      Buddy you haven't seen me be snarky nor insulting. That was polite yet informative. You are clearly overreacting. "ungodly numbers", false & violates economics - thoughtful to you. "source - trust me bro. <Followed by verifiable reasons>" - you found snarky. Talk about hypocrisy. Is truth too hurtful for you. Where we hang out to explore is none of your concern. If you don't like truths, remain here and keep doing what you are doing. Who knows, I never had any incentive to put up a similiar page, but now I may have one, where falsehood and hypocritical policing will be dealt with appropriately. If you can't handle uncomfortable truths, you probably never built anything let alone lecture on what constitutes solid points.