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Remember when the common knowledge was that war was good for the economy?

by VikingCoder 27d ago

unrented7977 27d ago
It is, but only if you don't suck at it very bad
- rc_kas 27d ago
  The moron in the White House is bombing his own oil supply.
A_D_E_P_T 27d ago
That needs an update: Winning wars, if you win in a clean and non-Pyrrhic way, is usually good for the economy. Losing at war is universally bad. And long stalemated forever wars can be just as bad for both sides.
rob74 27d ago
Lockheed would still agree that it's good for them - replacing all those $4 million Patriot rockets expended in the Middle East to shoot down Shahed drones that are one or two orders of magnitude cheaper is going to fill their order books for years to come...
- bluGill 27d ago
  Only for a short time, everybody knows about cheap drones and they are ordering cheap drones (likely from Ukraine where they are field tested to work) to shoot down drones. If the next round is in a few years patriots will only be used on much more expensive ballistic missiles. That said, the patriot is a lot cheaper replace than the things it was defending so it was a good investment even if expensive.
  - codedokode 27d ago
    New (Russian) versions of Shaheds are jet propelled (much faster), have high-quality remote control, and as some claim, AI-based computer vision. So old interceptor drones are not working anymore. And the country can manufacture them at much higher rate than the other country can manufacture patriots.
    - bluGill 27d ago
      The new jet powered Shaheds are more expensive as well. And Ukraine is already having good success in shooting them down without patriots (which they are very lacking in) - these are new drones that they just designed for the task. These new interceptors are more expensive than the old ones, but still cheaper than patriots by a lot. We know Ukraine is working on a not a patriot interceptor that can do ballistic missiles, but so far there is no word on progress. (this seems to be intentional - they are not saying why but experts have some good guesses)
creaturemachine 27d ago
Luckily, for the bean counters, the dead can't speak.
Gracana 27d ago
Rule of Acquisition number 34: War is good for business. Rule of Acquisition number 35: Peace is good for business.
- throw0101d 27d ago
  * https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition Really wish I had a better memory so I could memorize these as a lot of them would be really fun as everyday quips.
  - Gracana 27d ago
    Haha, yeah, I mostly remember that they exist and then go look up the actual quote.
bluGill 27d ago
War is only good if it doesn't destroy many of your investments. When oil goes up in price, or you start losing factories war is bad.

Remember when the common knowledge was that war was good for the economy?

unrented7977 27d ago

It is, but only if you don't suck at it very bad

rc_kas 27d ago
The moron in the White House is bombing his own oil supply.

A_D_E_P_T 27d ago

That needs an update: Winning wars, if you win in a clean and non-Pyrrhic way, is usually good for the economy. Losing at war is universally bad. And long stalemated forever wars can be just as bad for both sides.

rob74 27d ago

Lockheed would still agree that it's good for them - replacing all those $4 million Patriot rockets expended in the Middle East to shoot down Shahed drones that are one or two orders of magnitude cheaper is going to fill their order books for years to come...

bluGill 27d ago
Only for a short time, everybody knows about cheap drones and they are ordering cheap drones (likely from Ukraine where they are field tested to work) to shoot down drones. If the next round is in a few years patriots will only be used on much more expensive ballistic missiles. That said, the patriot is a lot cheaper replace than the things it was defending so it was a good investment even if expensive.
- codedokode 27d ago
  New (Russian) versions of Shaheds are jet propelled (much faster), have high-quality remote control, and as some claim, AI-based computer vision. So old interceptor drones are not working anymore. And the country can manufacture them at much higher rate than the other country can manufacture patriots.
  - bluGill 27d ago
    The new jet powered Shaheds are more expensive as well. And Ukraine is already having good success in shooting them down without patriots (which they are very lacking in) - these are new drones that they just designed for the task. These new interceptors are more expensive than the old ones, but still cheaper than patriots by a lot. We know Ukraine is working on a not a patriot interceptor that can do ballistic missiles, but so far there is no word on progress. (this seems to be intentional - they are not saying why but experts have some good guesses)

creaturemachine 27d ago

Luckily, for the bean counters, the dead can't speak.

Gracana 27d ago

Rule of Acquisition number 34: War is good for business. Rule of Acquisition number 35: Peace is good for business.

throw0101d 27d ago
* https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition Really wish I had a better memory so I could memorize these as a lot of them would be really fun as everyday quips.
- Gracana 27d ago
  Haha, yeah, I mostly remember that they exist and then go look up the actual quote.

bluGill 27d ago

War is only good if it doesn't destroy many of your investments. When oil goes up in price, or you start losing factories war is bad.