• Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caOP
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    15 hours ago

    High time we stop buying weapons from the US. The only reason paying the wildly overpriced gear is to have them provide military support when needed. If that’s not happening… then it makes no sense spending that money. Build it locally or buy it from the cheapest supplier.

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      14 hours ago

      That has already happened, looking at the orders placed and what it means for the US military industrial companies, they are about to lose hundreds of man years when looking at the loss of new orders and service contracts.

      This channel has done several break downs of the Trump regime’s politics with regards to weapon system orders:

      https://youtu.be/m1387Gm9KiE