• If the US had true gumption, they would be testing their hypersonic missiles via launches out of Ukraine aimed at high value russian military targets, with a pretend excuse that it was actually Ukraine launching the missile.

    I can guarantee you most of Ukraine would support this (I live in Ukraine) and the “red line” bla bla is just westerners falling prey to russian foreign propaganda initiatives.

    • Luouth@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorEnglish
      1 year

      You’re right, but the orange baby wouldn’t want to upset daddy Poo-tin

      • Shitler’s reeal partial to that chode of a binky Putin’s packin’. 🤷🏼‍♂️

      • This is a pretty simplistic, almost child-like take.

        You can recognize the self-interested nature of the US, while also pointing out how they are not being efficient for their own goals (that also benefit us).

  • 1 year

    $41M per missile? And 300 of them?

    Sheeet. That’s over ten billion dollars?

    Am I mathing right? That’s a lotta dough.

    • That’s not out of this world for the type of tech that is being discussed, especially considering costs in the US are very high.

      • 1 year

        It’s like half of NASA’s entire budget.

        From a risk mitigation perspective, this is a case of fighting the last war. We know the war that is coming: it’s climate collapse. We don’t need faster rockets, we need high speed rail.

  • Capitalists “need” billion dollar bombs to violently enforce their gross privilege.

    Workers just need clean air, clean water, food, shelter, healthcare, etc.

    It’s no surprise who gets their needs met.

  • 1 year

    The US is behind in this tech because we didn’t think we needed it. I wonder what changed the Pentagon’s mind? Perhaps they’ve been impressed by what Russia has done in Ukraine.