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by oldbbsnickname
970 days ago
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Not a huge deal and not a surprise. This aims to stop opportunists profiting from dual-purpose items sent to war zones and arming US adversaries, and to maintain domestic supplies that are under stress. https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/oct/19/war-could-li... Another problem outside of the civilian arena is lack of DoD oversight and regulation of the military-industrial complex to ensure it can function and doesn't create a single-points of failure. Layers of mergers and outsourcing create a web of ownership that the DoD has all but given up on tracking. And when the sole-source vendor for a specialized component forgets or decommissions the tools, materials, sources, and knowledge for restarting an assembly line, then there are risks of delay and outright nondelivery... and F-35's get incorrectly imported materials and arms remain backordered. https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/why-america-is-out-of-amm... |
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