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Russia currently outproduces the United States in relevant war materiel, particularly artillery shells. The U.S. jewcorps focus on making stupidly expensive weapons for maximum profit, but the war in Ukraine has shown that their satellite-dependent weaponry not only won't turn the tide of war, it's not even usable in some cases. So we pay out the nose for satellite-guided artillery shells that are defeated by Russian jamming, while they make a shit-ton of simple weapons they can throw downrange.
The idea of a "third world country with a first world military" doesn't parse logically. To make a first world military, a country must have the things (reliable infrastructure, advanced machining capabilities, euro/asian workers, euro/asian soldiers) which make it a first world country.
>while they make a shit-ton of simple weapons they can throw downrange.
You'll get no argument from me there. It's completely retarded to be throwing *all* our military budget into "stealth fighters" and nothing into the revamping of the F-18. Or the B-52. Hell, they even want to retire the A-10 within 5 or so years now to be replaced by the F-35. Worst decision the military's made recently, and that's saying something.
> To make a first world military, a country must have the things (reliable infrastructure, advanced machining capabilities, euro/asian workers, euro/asian soldiers) which make it a first world country.
Not necessarily. You can just throw as much of your national budget towards the military as possible while your people live a peasant subsistence lifestyle in a stagnant, crummy economy. Soviet russia was the greatest example of this and they haven't exactly improved by leaps and bounds since the soviet union fell.
The idea of a "third world country with a first world military" doesn't parse logically. To make a first world military, a country must have the things (reliable infrastructure, advanced machining capabilities, euro/asian workers, euro/asian soldiers) which make it a first world country.
You'll get no argument from me there. It's completely retarded to be throwing *all* our military budget into "stealth fighters" and nothing into the revamping of the F-18. Or the B-52. Hell, they even want to retire the A-10 within 5 or so years now to be replaced by the F-35. Worst decision the military's made recently, and that's saying something.
> To make a first world military, a country must have the things (reliable infrastructure, advanced machining capabilities, euro/asian workers, euro/asian soldiers) which make it a first world country.
Not necessarily. You can just throw as much of your national budget towards the military as possible while your people live a peasant subsistence lifestyle in a stagnant, crummy economy. Soviet russia was the greatest example of this and they haven't exactly improved by leaps and bounds since the soviet union fell.