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U.S. Navy lost a $67 million fighter jet at sea after it fell off an aircraft carrier
(www.nbcnews.com)
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Straps were cut by DOGE?
Haha, they are increasing military spending. Showing that reducing the deficit is not the goal at all. They were towing the plane around the flight deck and had some mistake, the tow truck thingy went off the bridge, taking the plane with it. Seems like a design flaw somewhere. Not a big ding to the military, that's like 0.25% of the available super hornets. Sure is a dumb way to throw a few tens of millions of dollars away, but growing up around the military, I've known for decades that the military are great at throwing money out the window.
I mean nobody got hurt and nothing else seems to have been damaged. If you're gonna lose a fighter jet I reckon this is about the cheapest way to do it.
I had a retired military buddy at work who told me it was one of his annual task to burn through supply, so they wouldn't lose funding. I still get amused when I think about him reinacting them spending weeks on end bored AF and snacking, while wasting millions of rounds of ammo, and tossing hand grenades
I’ve heard stories of people burying entire tanks.
Funny. But also very stupid and wasteful.
So they raise the military budget, and cut all social welfare, and health funding. 🇺🇸
yes, but it's unrelated. the US could afford all three, but the military protects wealth, while social welfare releases the pressure on ppl to be exploited to generate wealth and health funding lowers the amount of wealth they can siphon off.
I'm not sure what to be more impressed with: that the tow truck thingy driver had bridge clearance, or that the thingy itself managed to tow a fighter jet up the island.
Ah yes, the technical term.