Seems to me that you're the one missing the point. Ukrainians use NATO weapons, but their actual skill in fighting is far higher than that of NATO armies that haven't seen combat. In a recent NATO exercise, 10 Ukrainians wiped out two NATO battalions in 24h with drones, NATO troops couldn’t even locate the launch points. So, Russia is fighting a superior army to that of NATO that's using best NATO equipment.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Now that is some good evidence. Surprising that NATO doesn't use drones.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not actually that surprising when you consider the nature of the privatized military industrial complex. Cheap and efficient weapons isn't where the profit lies. You have low margins, you need to build a lot of factories and warehouses to store them, hire lots of workers, and so on. Making fancy toys like F-35s in artisanal batches is where it's at. You design something that's really expensive to build and that requires a ton of maintenance, and then you milk tax dollars off of it.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

One of the many reasons I'm not rich.