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[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I have to say, I'm a bit surprised by the Russians helping us keep our economy afloat. But, okay. I'll take it.

[–] sockenklaus@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wouldn't it be great if Rheinmetall were socialized and its profits went to the public instead of shareholders?

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

It sure would, but now it's creating jobs and taxes. Which is okay, I guess.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Flipping through my Econ History textbook about WW2 and reading how great it was for the European economies.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

Always has been.jpeg

[–] tty5@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Am I missing something? Korean K2 Black Panther tanks Poland bought were supposed to be the most expensive tanks at $8.5M a piece. This deal is almost 40M euro per tank

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 2 points 1 month ago

That price includes a whole bunch of stuff besides the actual tank. To quote the Czech Ministry of Defence (machine-translated):

The purchase price of 44 tanks includes self-propelled and anti-mine protection systems, as well as integrated logistics support including spare parts, support management, documentation and training.

So basically it's 44 tanks plus a massive service and supply contract to keep the tanks running properly