This is efficient if you actually _need_ hundreds or thousands of units.

Which was clearly the case in WW2.

And _might_ be the case if the confrontation with China is proxy wars. Hundreds or thousands of spare units (of tanks, AA, helicopters, fighter jets) would be useful in Ukraine, for example.

But it's hard to see a use-case for hundreds of B-2s, for example. By the time those things are flying in anger, twenty or thirty will do everything you're ever going to do.

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mschuster91 4 days ago | parent [-]

> But it's hard to see a use-case for hundreds of B-2s, for example.

Sell them to allies. But ever since both Trump and Biden seriously restricted Ukraine from defending itself... let's say the US isn't among the most trusted arms suppliers these days. A lot of soft power, just gone.

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Earw0rm 4 days ago | parent [-]

I'm from the UK, one of your wealthier allies. We can't afford to buy or operate B-2's. Not sure who could.. Taiwan? Saudi? Israel?

	▲	mschuster91 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I'm German actually. We used to buy lots of American weapons but ... let's say we are reevaluating priorities at the moment.
	▲	coryrc 4 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Taiwan isn't that wealthy and all bombers all be destroyed by PRC in the first salvo, so not any point in having them.