Brian Ross
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Bobby. wrote on Dec 14 th, 2024 at 4:42pm: Brian Ross wrote on Dec 14 th, 2024 at 4:37pm: Bobby. wrote on Dec 14 th, 2024 at 4:28pm: Brian Ross wrote on Dec 14 th, 2024 at 4:21pm: Bobby. wrote on Dec 14 th, 2024 at 3:39pm: Brian Ross wrote on Dec 14 th, 2024 at 3:27pm: Gee, how do they then make the Europeans, the Canadians, the Asian nations like Japan and Taiwan pay for their supposed share of this supposedly free nuclear umbrella? Seems to me like these get it all for free. We have to pay, hey? What a shame we have to pay. Do you think we are paying enough for a nuclear umbrella that doesn't really cover Australia? Tsk, tsk, tsk... Brian, all those countries pay for the nuclear umbrella too by inflated prices for military purchases. Really? Care to provide a few examples of these supposedly over-inflated prices? I look forward to the fantasy reading in your Trollish post, Bobby. Tsk, tsk, tsk... Good grief - try buying military parts - you'll pay $100 for a bolt you can find at Bunnings for 50 cents. yes - a bolt used in a non critical area. I saw a part once that was selling for $32,000 and it could be bought elsewhere direct from the factory but without a certificate for $3,500. The whole military industrial complex is a rip off - for everything. Did you ever watch "West Wing" when it was popular on TV? There was on episode where one character demonstrated to another why ashtrays cost so much more on US submarines. They don't shatter, they just break. In order to get work like that you must pay for it. You must pay for materials, testing, etc. to prove that it doesn't shatter. Those things cost. They cost a lot. Yes, sometimes the manufacturers over-charge on replacement parts but often they under-charge. Bolts cost because they must be made especially, far more than low-quality civilian bolts. You'd send servicepeople into battle with weapons that malfunction, aircraft/tanks/ships that don't work when they are needed. Tsk, tsk, tsk... In the example I gave - you were paying $3,500 for the part and $28,500 for the certificate - and all the middle men on the way. I would say that the testing for that certificate would be one day's work - at most. And yes - you couldn't install that part on a military machine without that certificate. The certificate costs, yes, Bobby and without the certificate you have no proof that it is made to Specification. Not being made to specification means that it might not work the way it is wanted to, when it is wanted to. Would you trust your life to such a component? Tsk, tsk, tsk...
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