The best part is it’s not only expensive, but a lot of it is irreplaceable. The E-3 that was destroyed is out of production, and its replacement was cancelled. The ground radars are even better - the destroyed THAAD radars used gallium nitride, and the AN/FPS-132 (formerly the largest US radar in the middle east) used gallium arsenide. Who produces 99% of the world’s gallium? China, and they’ve banned exports of it.
America’s military power isn’t able to regenerate because America doesn’t have the production capacity to do so. Thus, any losses are a basically permanent degradation.
Of course! You realize, however, that the contractors still get paid when the program never materializes. This is grift 101. They’ll design a new super advanced radar over the course of years, the specifications and design will slowly change, then it’ll be cancelled and replaced with a new program.
The best part is it’s not only expensive, but a lot of it is irreplaceable. The E-3 that was destroyed is out of production, and its replacement was cancelled. The ground radars are even better - the destroyed THAAD radars used gallium nitride, and the AN/FPS-132 (formerly the largest US radar in the middle east) used gallium arsenide. Who produces 99% of the world’s gallium? China, and they’ve banned exports of it.
America’s military power isn’t able to regenerate because America doesn’t have the production capacity to do so. Thus, any losses are a basically permanent degradation.
Lmao no sir. All this does is open the door to some fat new R&D contracts for defense contractors
Of course! You realize, however, that the contractors still get paid when the program never materializes. This is grift 101. They’ll design a new super advanced radar over the course of years, the specifications and design will slowly change, then it’ll be cancelled and replaced with a new program.