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US to announce $345 million military aid package for Taiwan(ground.news)

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Could be a huge deal.

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itscherriedbro@lemm.ee
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Unless I’m mistaken, we don’t send them literal money. We send old military equipment, gear, vehicles, etc

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TheOakTree@beehaw.org
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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.

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HousePanther@lemmy.goblackcat.com
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In this case you may be right. I don’t really know. Maybe it is 345 million in obsolete military hardware. 🤷

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RandomStickman@kbin.social
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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.

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chaogomu@kbin.social
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Sit around and wait to be used by other countries, in a progression of trades and transfers, until someone actually tries to fire it and figures out that one of the previous holders of the missile sold a few important bits on the sly?

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