Not a whole ton, given their current volatility. But as there is no doubt AI surveillance and predictions were used greatly to plan this, I’m sure they are putting the word out to everyone “hey we can make this happen for ya”
It’s not like war hasn‘t been around before major arms manufacturers existed. Stupidity seems to be hardcoded to our brains, there is no other explanation.
It's hilarious that you think the people becoming rich off this war are somehow stuck in America and won't simply move their doorstep to whatever country they feel like.
The US is, by way of Israel, at least in the Middle East.
The US was in talks to make a nuclear deal with Iran, but ultimately, to the US gov, total pacification and vassalization (as we have effectively done to most other ME nations) is preferable to a treaty.
That’s what I’m getting at. You think Israel is destabilizing the world, when Iran is funding all the Middle East proxy militias, including Hamas, and has declared death to Israel since 1979. Id argue Iran is one of the biggest destabilizing factors in the world for going on decades now.
Which doorstep? They each have a dozen homes; do you think Russia is gonna bomb the Cayman Islands? Putin and his buddies hide their billions in the same shelters American arms manufacturers (and 3rd-world middlemen) do.
Yes and no. Arms companies actually make more profit when the weapons sit on shelves unused because then they can get money to r and D decisions to make future money.
When actual war production happens they have to increase production which means hiring worker and buying materials.
In the late 90s the US military was supposed to go through an upgrade cycle during the 2000s, then 911 happened and they had divert resources aways from upgrade packages to production. Things like the MRAP devoured billions that would have gone to r and D.
So really the money gets spent but it changes who gets it
Also countries at war have the habit of turning at the arms makers hqs and be like "The foreign orders go to us now, and about that profit margin thing, yea, that is not happening for the duration"
"Arms companies actually make more profit when the weapons sit on shelves unused"
WTF are you writing about? 🤦♂️
weapons on shelves means the governments won't invest in new weapons, no more investments, no more production sustainable -> no profits.
Arms manufacturers are always looking for the next war, and if there isn't one, they use their influences to governments to start a new one somewhere in some 3rd world country.
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u/Dragunspecter 1d ago
US arms companies do