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[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 77 points 3 months ago

Capitalism once again proving it is the most efficient system at wasting money

[-] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 59 points 3 months ago

You say wasting money, I say generating profit.

[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 77 points 3 months ago

just have china make them since they make everything else biden-megamind

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 61 points 3 months ago
[-] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 63 points 3 months ago

China's going to have to sanction the USA at some point

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 35 points 3 months ago

surprised they're making anything that doesn't have Chinese chips in it. guess that's why military electronics are 200x as expensive as consumer stuff and also worse

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 21 points 3 months ago
[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago

Most of these contractors sell to civilians at reasonable prices but mark up their shit for the government. It’s not because of China’s resources but because the US is too cucked to say no to their suppliers.

[-] Hexamerous@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago

Wonder how much of the grey chunk is from "Taiwan", probably a lot. Meaning it's essentially controlled/destroyed by China in a few days if the US starts some shit.

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[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

China already makes most primer chemicals for the US lol. Russia also banned its cheap steel ammo exports which contributed to the spike in ammo prices in the US

[-] BynarsAreOk@hexbear.net 67 points 3 months ago

Good thing the US was planning to win the war in just 7 days then. picard-troll

[-] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 52 points 3 months ago

"we'll just win the war really fast" - a plan that has never gone wrong

[-] shath@hexbear.net 49 points 3 months ago

yeah i'm not sure a us carrier group would survive 3 to 4 weeks against a swarm of inexpensive hypersonic missiles

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 59 points 3 months ago

Yemen has definitively proven that US navy can't even stand up to a country without a navy.

[-] D61@hexbear.net 51 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The US Navy, pictured here, unable to win a fight at sea against zero ships. i-spil-my-jice

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[-] dRLY@hexbear.net 38 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Them admitting this just seems to be the same tactics that are meant to be "scary" and create false demand for more money. With it being an election year and all, it means the corpo parties will both trip over each other to provide blank checks. Like always.

[-] P1d40n3@hexbear.net 35 points 3 months ago

Imagine Trump's disappointment that his beloved military can't fight due to capitalism

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 12 points 3 months ago

Losers and suckers

[-] Palacegalleryratio@hexbear.net 28 points 3 months ago

Does it matter? In a peer on peer fight America would push the nuke button so readily.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 44 points 3 months ago

I think that even US oligarchs would rather rule over what remains of their empire than spend the rest of their days living like rats in a bunker. Pushing the nuclear button is a no win scenario.

[-] Greenleaf@hexbear.net 25 points 3 months ago

Not saying a nuclear exchange is impossible, but I have seen nuclear scientists discuss just how (relatively) little nuclear weapons going off could really fuck up the planet.

About 100 bombs the size of the one dropped on Hiroshima (relatively tiny, basically a tactical nuke today) going off in cities could potentially fuck up the climate of an area the size of a continent for several years.

If the US and Russia launched about 5% of their arsenal at each other, that’s enough to potentially end most human life on earth.

When two nuclear powers go to war, once they start launching the nukes there is no off-ramp, no real way to de-escalate.

Long way of saying I agree, the oligarchs of the US have to know what a war with China would actually bring. And like you said, better to rule in a diminished US than die the same death as the proles they hate.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 24 points 3 months ago

Indeed, I think the real danger is that US might start a conventional war with China thinking they could win, and then when things inevitably start going south, there's a lot of potential for stupid shit to happen. RAND actually published a study on a conventional war with China, and this is the level of insanity we're dealing with https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1140.html

[-] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 22 points 3 months ago

We also assume that China would not attack the U.S. homeland ... given its minimal capacity to do so with conventional weapons

Jfc you weren't kidding, these people are actually detached from reality. Amerikkkans really can't comprehend the reality of war since they haven't actually experienced it as a population since the civil war. 100% the war would start with America attacking, getting a bloody nose, losing a carrier or two, and launching nukes at China.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 months ago

Indeed, it's just absolutely surreal stuff.

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 3 months ago

since the civil war

And even the civil war was very restrained to the population compared to what USA always did to others.

[-] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago

The next question is whether the oligarchs can prevent the True Believers from taking over and deciding to nuke their way to Kingdom Come

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 months ago

Indeed, and that's the really scary part of all this.

[-] Palacegalleryratio@hexbear.net 12 points 3 months ago

I am absolutely sure once carrier groups start going down America would panic. I think they might even make the calculus that a limited nuclear strike would not be enough to provoke a full nuclear response, especially if they think China would be reticent to start a full nuclear war for humanitarian reasons.

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[-] StalinStan@hexbear.net 15 points 3 months ago

I am like 30% sure we haven't maintained our nukes properly and they haven't really worked for decades

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago

They say this avout russia too. I rather not find out.

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[-] PointAndClique@hexbear.net 25 points 3 months ago

citations-needed perpetually lagging US army trope

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

While it’s true that it’s all propaganda, you have to dig beyond these provocative woe is me headlines. The US’ supply chains are heavily dependent on China, including military tech. Congress is trying to launch initiatives for domestic production (or at least decoupling from china) of chemicals and components for munitions and advanced military tech.

Whether or not the pockets of MIC are lined up or the military is “fine,” the fact remains that right now, nukes aside, if the US goes to war with China, they will either fail or scrape by their teeth by threatening to end all life in Europe in Asia unless their allies repurpose their entire societies to produce for the US.

[-] PointAndClique@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago

Ty for the extra analysis o7

[-] CommCat@hexbear.net 23 points 3 months ago

The MIC needs more funding!

[-] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 3 months ago

I'ma keep it real with you American military industrial complex, I am not going to war with kitai for no reason. (and lord knows any justification they try to give won't be a reason, especially not Taiwan).

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 16 points 3 months ago

Dont worry. Us patriots will step up and use our ammo stashes to defend the US from the parachuting chicoms!

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago

Usians who think they're gonna defend their country from an invasion amuse me.

The commies are going after your treats, and your treats aren't "American made"

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago

Going somewhere, Zhang?

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 15 points 3 months ago

Maybe they should work on their aim.

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