I wonder how divorced our military hardware has to become from reality before paying for it becomes a political issue. We operate strategic bombers that cost $1B each. A big chunk of our 'air superiority' fleet just got destroyed on the ground by a hurricane.
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Then I won’t tell you there are layers upon layers of military officers serving i layers of military commands whose sole job in the known universe is to prevent costly disasters like this from happening. To me this is the same category of logistical fuck up as losing a nuke
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(I am given to flights of hyperbole so take that comparison lightly. Be that as it may, even if the actual aircraft aren’t destroyed, that squadron itself was destroyed as part of the nation’s strategic planning, which is significant.)
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