• Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    The problem is that everyone wants shells now, and nobody wants shells in 10 years.

    Nobody is going to build a new production line in a new factory just to mothball it in a few years when demand falls off.

    • Fisk400@feddit.nu
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      1 year ago

      Sounds like a business that shouldn’t be privately owned but just be a part of the military.

      • Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Either by paying up and shutting up or by owning the factories themselves you’d lose a bunch of money, so not sure that’s the way to tackle it

        • Fisk400@feddit.nu
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          1 year ago

          I mean, paying billions for things that will probably never be used in any meaningful capacity is not a foreign concept to the military. They do it all the time.

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              It’s second best. The best is not paying and never needing it.

    • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      With climate change related conflicts (especially water conflicts) rising exponentially, I don’t think there’s going to be a shortage of demand for ammunition any time soon.