I’ve asked this before, but never get a satisfactory answer… If Ukraine LOSES the war to Russia, what happens to all the billions in dollars and material we’ve sent them? Who owes us? How do we get repaid and made whole? My guess is we are just screwed… we gave away the American taxpayers money without permission and contributed mightily to our deepening debt… essentially we threw money down the toilet.
You never see this brought up in the media, for “reasons”. I suspect it’s because it’s just a continuation of the money-laundering operation that has been going on there since before this skirmish. The higher ups in media are controlled by their masters who probably benefit from the laundering.
Not the same thing. Not talking about grenade launchers here.
Perhaps you've encountered the minutes from the mil meet, the analysis of the Russian tactics/organization done by US 'top brass' (which I have little faith in, based on personal experience). The analysis was accurate, IMO, based on what I've seen from Ukr. Essentially, the brass stated that the US couldn't win against Russia if the US doesn't change tactics/equip/organization to fit. Keep in mind that the Russian organization of Bn size includes all those items the US keeps separate, such as anti-aircraft, long range artillery, SpecOps teams and so forth. US tactics do not includes such things, and the Russian method gives a highly mobile force that is a complete attack force. The report also stated that the Russian artillery within Bn was capable of fire nearly ten miles farther downrange than the Western counterparts.
Bear in mind that these analyses are based on conventional weapons and weapons development. None of the military analysis, mil or civilian, encompasses the true nature of what is available.
Another for-instance is the US navy research into the rail gun. The most recent "reports" claim testing somewhere between 2000-2006, as nearly as I can determine (so not necessarily of utmost accuracy; while I did have top secret, I no longer do). In fact, the navy was piddling with that thing in the 1970s; we heard of it in 1976 (I then worked in San Diego, which is the location of NUC/NELC and the main sub base, besides large Navy installations/airfields etc). Two other engineers and I designed and built one that was handheld, and did offer a very potent projectile. If the navy was fooling with it back then, it's a logical assumption that the more recent offerings are no more than distractions.
It's the technology and proof of concept. Why wouldn't it be relatively easy to scale up in 20 years?