A lot of it is shipping stuff that is already paid for. A lot of that stuff has an expiration date and is going to be replaced anyway. Or maybe we don't replace it or replace it with something better.
It's a lot cheaper than the headline figures suggest. Also there is a lot of hope that future defense procurements are more cost-effective than in the past because the military is very conscious of how American "cost-disease" puts us at disadvantage to other nations and if we lose the next war we'll be probably be defeated by own defense contractors than the enemy.
We almost never get to test munitions in the field without having to go to war ourselves. Lots of great data showing that Russia has fallen very far from being a world power.
It is said that the Nazis built their doctrine upon the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s.
While US soldiers aren't maneuvering here, we certainly are seeing how our equipment gets used as well as their weaknesses in practice. Chances are that when this is all done, Ukrainian commanders will participate in wargames to help share what they've learned with us as well.
It's best to keep an eye on the next war if at all possible. Ukraine very well is just a test run of what could happen in China vs Taiwan, and it's good to exercise USAs industrial might for this practice run.
So the US probably has made more tax benefit (by inflation increasing tax income, which with cold progression won't create same spending as income) than it spent supporting.
"how expensive aid to Ukraine is, so it's a good opportunity for this CEPA report that notes that for just 5% of the US military budget, we've disabled 50% of Russia's military power." - Bret Devereaux of acoup.blog
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[ 1.5 ms ] story [ 29.4 ms ] threadIt's a lot cheaper than the headline figures suggest. Also there is a lot of hope that future defense procurements are more cost-effective than in the past because the military is very conscious of how American "cost-disease" puts us at disadvantage to other nations and if we lose the next war we'll be probably be defeated by own defense contractors than the enemy.
While US soldiers aren't maneuvering here, we certainly are seeing how our equipment gets used as well as their weaknesses in practice. Chances are that when this is all done, Ukrainian commanders will participate in wargames to help share what they've learned with us as well.
It's best to keep an eye on the next war if at all possible. Ukraine very well is just a test run of what could happen in China vs Taiwan, and it's good to exercise USAs industrial might for this practice run.