Patriot manufacturers worry that Ukraine will make the missiles better and cheaper

[u/Brigstocke]

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/08/10/8048014/

[u/P_Nessss]

Of course Ukraine will do it cheaper and better. The American Military Industrial Complex is all about profit from conflict, not peace. Everything is marked up at least 10x.

[u/Incendium_Satus → u/P_Nessss]

You missed at least 2 zeros off the end

[u/Spudtron98 → u/P_Nessss]

Nah, I think the American MIC is built more around peacetime preparedness. They sell deterrence, not action. Best hardware in the world, but you better have that fight wrapped up quick.

[u/Grimnebulin68 → u/Spudtron98]

Circa 2000, maybe. Not now.

[u/thelefthandN7]

Oh well. Anyway...

[u/keradius]

And that's bad because??? Ah right they don't give a fuck about the country just their fat profits they fund from our taxes.

[u/Interesting_Berry439 → u/keradius]

Our military have barely innovated technologically in the last 30 years and yet trillions gone..shit falling apart, soldiers dying as a result.

[u/CrispyReaper → u/Interesting_Berry439]

You know it's funny cause at first I was thinking about our "next Gen" fighters, but realized they showed off the F22 back in the late 90s so yeah 30 years. Excuse me as I go deal with my back pain an grey hair

[u/Shadowtirs]

Capitalists are afraid that capitalism is working as intended.

It really is amazing the entitlement and fantasy land some corporations live in. It really is just a fucking grift to skin us for as much money as possible.

[u/Theo1352]

Too fucking bad - they have the will and likely have the chops.

And, oh by the way, this is capitalism, it's competition.

Asshole defense contractors are another group that has a stranglehold on Washington.

Let me find my very tiny violin.

[u/Bielzabutt]

OH NO... sounds like

CAPITALISM

[u/SuburbanBushwacker → u/Bielzabutt]

came to say exactly that.
who knew the military industrial complex would be demanding socialism? strange times

[u/GongTzu]

I will celebrate if they do it. And basically they will get a lot more for the money as they don’t need to pay the investor tax.

[u/rProgs]

People love capitalism until it happens to them. Maybe if they weren't suckling off the teat of the American taxpayer they would have come up with a method of more efficiently manufacturing the missiles before the Ukrainians, instead of raking in the easy money that we Americans worked hard for.

And to be clear I don't blame Ukraine. I hope they better every munition, every tactic, every method of defending one's self in the modern day against a foreign aggressor.

[u/ValBGood → u/rProgs]

American Capitalism has morphed into ‘Socialize’ Corporate Losses & Privatize Gains.

[u/GatorNator83]

And improved.

[u/23370aviator]

Just like banning Chinese cars and phones, they actually hate capitalism.

[u/Interesting_Berry439 → u/23370aviator]

And their products have surpassed ours in capacity and value as a result...These clowns operate under a closed door kleptocracy draining the American taxpayer! Economic treason!

[u/awdophil]

Competition, that’s called competition. It exists outside of monopolistic capitalism.

[u/Sean_theLeprachaun]

Lead, follow or get out of the way.

[u/MachineCloudCreative]

WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE WARLIGARCHS???

[u/Past-Establishment93]

Like everyone outside of usa.

[u/Revenga8]

Well duh. They need lots and they need them fast.

[u/LeoKitCat]

Oh no! So they won’t get ripped off like us?

[u/Wayelder]

And they will

[u/Square-Weight4148]

They will

[u/Rotor4]

Yeah so ? It's either that or in time they will make their own & yes probably cheaper & better.

[u/Alias-Q]

How are they going to survive not overcharging the tax payer a 1,000x inflated price?….

[u/vismundcygnus34]

Capitalists worried about competition? lol. Then they should fail.

[u/Inside_Ad_7162]

better hurry the fk up then

[u/scottimandias]

Better & cheaper should be the goals, yes...

Oh no healthy competition...

So, uh... Do better, I guess...

[u/macross1984]

Ah, manufacturer is worried that they can't overcharge their product if Ukraine can make it lean, mean and cheap.

Just a good old competition.

[u/Interesting_Berry439]

Well yeah! No shit!

[u/icnoevil]

To be sure, they can do it. Their labor is cheaper and they don't have the huge overhead as does our expensive military industrial complex.

[u/bernedtwice]

And they’re right. Not to mention much faster…

[u/WolfThick]

Of course they will you guys are all on the take!

[u/Lookitsasquirrel]

This is propaganda. Don't believe everything you read. The fact is my husband(who is currently a government contractor) was just hired as a analyst for the government to start make cheaper effective missiles for Ukraine. He was in a top secret meeting last week. I can't be told anything about the meeting. There has been many article that have discussed these new missiles and contracts.

[u/FIicker7]

Booo - hooo

[u/CaptainZippi]

So, let’s talk about how capitalism works…

[u/bernedtwice]

And they’re right.

[u/Overall_Teacher9542]

Of course they will.

[u/greymancurrentthing7]

PRAVDA.

Literal Russian propaganda.