▲ 306 ▼ Zelenskyy says 'Moscow will burn' if Russian strikes continue (www.abc.net.au) submitted 3 months ago by veggibles@lemmy.wtf to c/world@quokk.au 52 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Tolc@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (3 children) nothing ever happens, lockheed martin happy. permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] mholiv@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (2 children) Lockheed Martin wishes they were responsible for the drones Ukraine is using. Ukraine is innovating independently. After the war ends a silver lining for Ukraine is that they will have a proven robust weapons industry. That silver lining is nothing in the face of the suffering caused by Russia but still. Sadly Russia’s attack on Ukraine proves such industries are still needed. (For now) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 child) Nah Ukraines drones are cheap and effective, I think the Lockheed Martin upper management would start puking in horror if someone lower down went over their head and started selling drones like that to the US military. So much potential profit lost to a lack of price gouging or regular software updates or a whole interconnected smart system thats needed for the drones to even work and mostly just gets in the way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mholiv@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago True. We’ll call that silver lining number 2. The weakening of the US military industrial complex. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mholiv@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (2 children) Lockheed Martin wishes they were responsible for the drones Ukraine is using. Ukraine is innovating independently. After the war ends a silver lining for Ukraine is that they will have a proven robust weapons industry. That silver lining is nothing in the face of the suffering caused by Russia but still. Sadly Russia’s attack on Ukraine proves such industries are still needed. (For now) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 child) Nah Ukraines drones are cheap and effective, I think the Lockheed Martin upper management would start puking in horror if someone lower down went over their head and started selling drones like that to the US military. So much potential profit lost to a lack of price gouging or regular software updates or a whole interconnected smart system thats needed for the drones to even work and mostly just gets in the way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mholiv@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago True. We’ll call that silver lining number 2. The weakening of the US military industrial complex. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 child) Nah Ukraines drones are cheap and effective, I think the Lockheed Martin upper management would start puking in horror if someone lower down went over their head and started selling drones like that to the US military. So much potential profit lost to a lack of price gouging or regular software updates or a whole interconnected smart system thats needed for the drones to even work and mostly just gets in the way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mholiv@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago True. We’ll call that silver lining number 2. The weakening of the US military industrial complex. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mholiv@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago True. We’ll call that silver lining number 2. The weakening of the US military industrial complex. permalink fedilink source parent