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Because of intellectual property laws, military equipment repairs have to be done by the manufacturer now instead of in the field. Hilariously dumb. Even the global war machine is now being consumed by the vampires of capital.

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[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 57 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Private why isn't that fixed? What is your major malfunction numbnuts?!

actually This is now proprietary of the vendor, sir! Only the vendor is allowed to service it, sir. The next avalable representstive is at least 3 weeks out and we need to ship this [3 ton] equipment to a non hostile location in a 3rd party partner nation, sir!

Then what the hell do you do technician 2nd class?

I mop the floor 20 times a day and send a single email which never gets responded to sir!

maddened Carry on then!

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[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 31 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Imagine they're out in Venezuela and one of their trucks breaks down. They have to wait 5 business days for a technician to arrive. This is such a logical political and economic system!

[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 23 points 1 week ago

They can always buy a whole new one ready for delivery and interception.

[-] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

ETA on build time: 2-4 years.

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