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A new age of conflicts being fought with old-standby weapons has exposed the move away from making basic munitions as a strategic error. (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-us-global-war-weapons-race/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

The deficit of basic materiel and dearth of capacity to make it reflects a wider problem: The US no longer focuses on making everyday things, even things that can be critical in a crisis. When Covid-19 struck, the race was on to produce more cotton swabs and ventilators. Shortages of auto parts, generic drugs, baby formula and other common goods have become more frequent.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

the US MIC has been jerking itself raw to ODS for 30 years now and they still think that high tech wunderwaffen are how peer wars are won because (?)