Posted on 07/10/2022 2:49:45 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
A top Air Force official is warning that China is now getting its hands on new military equipment “five to six times” faster than the U.S., a report says.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition Maj. Gen. Cameron Holt made the remark during a speech in San Diego in June, according to The Drive.
“In purchasing power parity, they spend about one dollar to our 20 dollars to get to the same capability,” Holt was quoted as saying. “We are going to lose if we can’t figure out how to drop the cost and increase the speed in our defense supply chains.”
The Air Force says Holt is “responsible for all aspects of contracting relating to the acquisition of weapon systems, logistics, and operational support for the Air Force and provides contingency contracting support to the geographic combatant commanders.”
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Yeah, but they’re made in China.
Wait! What?
Ours are too?
Never mind.
The Chinese say. US military procurement is corrupt. But not nearly as corrupt as China’s at least not yet.
One way to save money is to make it illegal for retired military and DoD civilians to work for defense contractors. While we’re at it make it illegal for FDA personnel to ever work for drug companies.
Made in China? More than half the products in military exchanges could be banned
Lawmakers want to ban products made in China from commissaries and exchanges. (Defense Commissary Agency/Kevin Robinson) Some military resale ... for the Navy Exchange Service Command.
Military Times16d
We will probably find out that Biden is selling China weapons through Hunter’s company.
I don’t think the new Snowflake Generation is that interested in fighting for their freedom anymore so it really doesn’t matter.
I’d prefer to check if they have antibodies before stabbing them. Wonder how many already had it.
And we’re blowing half a billion a day in Ukraine. Xi will finance the Russians as long as we choose to stay bogged down in that meaningless to us quagmire.
Speaking of, watched Rowan’s “Man vs Bee” last night, it was hillarious.
so stop running backwards , Pentagon
Not surprising since the primary goal of US procurement seems to be shoveling cash to politically connected contractors regardless of any delivered functioning weapons systems.
But are their bullets rainbow colored?
We have trannies..but they only compete against women.
I don’t think the Chinese are obsessing over personal pronouns.
Drop all of the diversity requirements in contracts. If the company can make the weapon that's all that matters.
But Muh Russia! The neocon idiots on FR are unconcerned.
Our military is too busy trying to find imaginary White Supremists within the ranks, and making sure military personnel address each other by the right pronoun.
Sadly Russia is out producing us in weapons now as well. And they get to use up their old Soviet junk on Ukraine.
Russia also can spend 1/20th per weapon and get the same result as us. Compare the cost of an SU-57 to an F-35.
Yeah, but if the balloon goes up, we’ll just roll the next generation of Diversity out of Area 51. The Chinese won’t know what hit them.
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