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This is always what I think when people say America has the best military because they spend the most of it. The cost doesn’t necessarily betray the quality. The contractors USA is using are absolutely charging absolutely egregious amounts for very little. As in, 5k for something you can 3d print for 10$. The actual military power of the USA might actually be multiple orders of magnitude less than what their budget says
Back in the day, I saw a bolt on the logistical ordering system (which I have forgotten the name of) for something like 1k+, I later checked Lowes for shits and giggles to see if they even had it. They did, the exact same one for $60 (it was a big fucking bolt, for like big machinery or something)
But we weren’t allowed to buy and use it because it’s illegal to get it for official purposes anywhere else but the ordering system if it was available there
There was a story the other day how the military procurers sent a ton of lobbyists and lawyers when they discovered someone 3d printed a replacement part for 1/1000th the cost. They successfully lobbied to forbid that…
