The reason they’re continuing to buy them is that the assembly line needs to maintain a minimum level of production, otherwise all the staff and expertise and tooling and machinery goes away. And then whenever they are actually needed, it becomes impossible to scale up, because everyone who knows how to make the fucking things has gotten another job or retired.
It’s not plug-and-play. It’s frustrating, and yes, wasteful, but if you actually do give a shit about defense policy, there is a specific logistical reason for why this is done.
The reason they’re continuing to buy them is that the assembly line needs to maintain a minimum level of production, otherwise all the staff and expertise and tooling and machinery goes away. And then whenever they are actually needed, it becomes impossible to scale up, because everyone who knows how to make the fucking things has gotten another job or retired.
It’s not plug-and-play. It’s frustrating, and yes, wasteful, but if you actually do give a shit about defense policy, there is a specific logistical reason for why this is done.
If you read that article, that point was made.
And they said, you could maintain the minimum level of production by foreign owners alone.
Foreign buyers… who very well may pivot to alternative platforms now that we’re being a dick to pretty much everybody except Hungary.
Yeah… now…
I’m in one of those countries that you’re being a dick to.
This is an issue going back at least 2 decades. Probably more. That’s just when I became aware of it.