influence1123@psychedelia.ink to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · edit-21 year agoUS to announce $345 million military aid package for Taiwanground.newsexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareitscherriedbro@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoUnless I’m mistaken, we don’t send them literal money. We send old military equipment, gear, vehicles, etc
minus-squareTheOakTree@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIt’s just a byproduct of the massive military industrial spending… so while it’s not money that we’re sending, it’s stuff that we unneccessarily spent lots of money on.
minus-squareHousePanther@lemmy.goblackcat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIn this case you may be right. I don’t really know. Maybe it is 345 million in obsolete military hardware. 🤷
minus-squareRandomStickman@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThere are expiring stuff as well, missiles and the like. Rather than a costly safe disposal they get to do what they’re designed for.
Unless I’m mistaken, we don’t send them literal money. We send old military equipment, gear, vehicles, etc
It’s just a byproduct of the massive military industrial spending… so while it’s not money that we’re sending, it’s stuff that we unneccessarily spent lots of money on.
In this case you may be right. I don’t really know. Maybe it is 345 million in obsolete military hardware. 🤷
There are expiring stuff as well, missiles and the like. Rather than a costly safe disposal they get to do what they’re designed for.