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[–] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Well that's already happened, the US already has a much cheaper and lesser powered weapon to deal with the drones in APKWS. I did a post on it here. The problem has been solved from a US perspective, Fox News is late to the story.

[–] SupFBI@hexbear.net 10 points 6 days ago

That's not going to stop the Pentagon and MIC from lobbying for more $$$$$$$$. Which is exactly what this kind of "news" is for.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 58 points 1 week ago

Largest military budget in entire world

Hasn't won a war in 70+ years

Feels like there's a lesson to be learned here

Probably that we need to give the military even more money

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 54 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not only expensive, but slow to replace. Even with the unlimited money given by the treasury these interceptors take upwards of a month each to build with the current industrial (in)capacity within the AmeriKKKan empire.

[–] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 39 points 1 week ago

Pile on the tariffs and blocking of rare earth metals and this can balloon both cost and time fast

[–] miz@hexbear.net 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

my memory is not clear, but I think they can't even replenish the launchers at sea and have to port for it

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[–] miz@hexbear.net 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I had not been thoughtful enough to think about thinking more thoughts thoughtfully

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[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 week ago

"They are some of our more dollar-intensive ordnance delivery vectors"

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 34 points 1 week ago

When the MIC money printer actually needs to be budgeted for a war with China

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