Export controls pose direct threats to U.S. military readiness, highlighting that the country is already lagging behind in defense manufacturing, a new report says.
It’s endlessly funny to me that America built up the largest military the world has ever seen, one that’s built around all these high-tech cutting edge wunderweapons, and it didn’t once occur to them that they should have the ability to actually produce the fucking things under less-than-perfect conditions (say if your goal is eventually declaring war on the county that sells you the basic building blocks needed for every weapon more complex than a bayonet)
It’s endlessly funny to me that America built up the largest military the world has ever seen, one that’s built around all these high-tech cutting edge wunderweapons, and it didn’t once occur to them that they should have the ability to actually produce the fucking things under less-than-perfect conditions (say if your goal is eventually declaring war on the county that sells you the basic building blocks needed for every weapon more complex than a bayonet)