alt Hacker NewsThe majority of military hardware costs are bribes, kickbacks and margins. Nobody thinks that they will fight a real war in which they will need a lot of hardware.
If the US or Germany get in situation they need thousands of those - I guess their cost will fall to under 1M.
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mohamedkoubaa • yesterday at 9:25 PM
If the US is ever in that situation again we won't be measuring cost of any manufacturable thing in dollars
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watwut • today at 6:12 AM
> Nobody thinks that they will fight a real war in which they will need a lot of hardware.
Germany is literally thinking there will be war and getting ready for it. The war is more likely then 4 years ago.
Do you have any evidence of this?
Also “and margins” seems like a stupid thing to add. Margins are high during peacetime and wartime alike. And it’s not parallel to bribes / kickbacks which are corrupt and illegal. Margins are the natural outcome of capitalism + monopoly.
Having S Korean competition means those margins would likely drop over time.