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[–] livus@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The article doesn't mention that a lot of this is Lend Lease and Ukraine will eventually have to pay the money back to the US.

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc -3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Oh, so they're being enslaved?

[–] broface@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

Indebted would be the accurate word.

[–] DaDragon@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

You think they should get things for free? If you want a 500000$ missile, you better be able to pay for it. Wishes and thanks don’t pay the bills or put food on the table.

I’m all for removing idiotic export restrictions to Ukraine, they should be able to purchase anything they need, but if they don’t want to pay, that’s theft.

[–] jackpot@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

unless youre willing to provide billions for free ffs 🙄

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


U.S. defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin (LMT.N), General Dynamics (GD.N) and others expect that existing orders for hundreds of thousands of artillery rounds, hundreds of Patriot missile interceptors and a surge in orders for armored vehicles expected in the months ahead will underpin their results in coming quarters.

We're working ahead of schedule to accelerate that production capacity up to 85,000, even as high as 100,000 rounds per month," Jason Aiken, General Dynamics' chief financial officer, said on a call with Wall Street analysts on Wednesday.

The General Dynamics' Combat Systems unit, which makes armored vehicles, tanks and the artillery Ukraine uses, saw its revenue rise almost 25% versus the same period a year ago.

Biden mentioned Patriot missiles made in Arizona, and "artillery shells manufactured in 12 states across the country," naming Pennsylvania, Ohio and Texas.

To be sure, executives from several defense firms at a recent trade show cautioned that a lack of skilled labor and supply chain issues continue to hamper companies' capacity to fill orders.

Lockheed on Oct. 17 said supply and labor disruptions are affecting divisions like aeronautics, which makes the advanced F-35 fighter jet, due to the need for processor assemblies, solid-rocket motors, castings and forgings.


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[–] TGhost@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here we go, the true goal fornthe support of this battle for "human rights and democracy"