• Tunnelvision [they/them]
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    11 days ago

    If the United States had the capacity to make enough ammunition and ordnance to fight multiple wars at the same time, there would be enough people employed by these companies that you would probably personally know at least 1 of them.

    • radiofreeval [any]
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      11 days ago

      It's not like Ball, Lockheed, Northrop or Boeing are huge employers or anything

      • Tunnelvision [they/them]
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        10 days ago

        All those places together do not even employ 400,000 people. I work in manufacturing and I don’t know a single person who works at these places. What I’m saying is so many new jobs would be created that MILLIONS of people would from that point on be in the defense sector making bombs and bullets. It’s not even comparable.

      • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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        10 days ago

        Walmart is a big employer. Can they supply war munitions? Being a big employer is genuinely irrelevant unless the bulk of those employees are making munitions

        • radiofreeval [any]
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          10 days ago

          Those companies make materiel, yes. They don't specialize on artillery but the US tends to focus more on bombs and rocketry which is what they make.

          • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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            10 days ago

            Look I'm not trying to be a dick here but are you being serious? The US can deliver some special, expensive wundermunitions via aircraft, if they have absolute air superiority. They only get that against shepherds. We're talking about enemies in 2024 who have more than just sheep maintenance capacity, so...