idk if Ryan reads these comments but in case he does:
Hi Ryan, a video on why the west is struggling so hard to supply Ukraine even with half of what they need to successfully defend themselves would be great I think ^^
To me it just doesn't make sense how there can be such a vast discrepancy in GDP (~45 Trillion vs. 2 Trillion) and defense spending (over 1.1 Trillion vs. 100 Billion) between The West and Russia yet The West can't even get close to a production of ammo that would ensure a SOMEWHAT sufficient supply.
Also in general a video analyzing Ukraines situation and potential developments of this conflict in the future would be very interesting to see ^^
I hope you can find the time for this at some point ツ
Yeah, I mean its what happens when you let your defense industry collapse. This is why people who talk about the "Military industrial complex" are so absurd.
Just like any other country, we cannot give them everything we have...
What would we use in case we need it? Ammo manufacturing has dropped considerably over the years also due to the end of the Cold War and less frequent use by the Military in live fire exercises... During WWII the manufacturing industries converted car assembly lines to make Jeeps/Trucks/Tanks/Armored car and so on... It wasn't easy then, and it would be even harder to do anything like that now... Ammo manufacturers have more capacity, but not enough trained personnel, and you don't hire just any smuck off the streets to do that work... It takes a certain set of skills and a lot of attention to safety measures... Not to mention obtaining the raw materials...
And this doesn't even cover the Politics involved at this moment...
Tku I will save the URL. Not sure I can watch it tomorrow but will definitely watch a rerun if there is one. I am pretty sure it will be on video and on your substack? Gotta say, getting up in the world, lecturing at the US Naval Academy!
Ryan:
Thank you for sharing
idk if Ryan reads these comments but in case he does:
Hi Ryan, a video on why the west is struggling so hard to supply Ukraine even with half of what they need to successfully defend themselves would be great I think ^^
To me it just doesn't make sense how there can be such a vast discrepancy in GDP (~45 Trillion vs. 2 Trillion) and defense spending (over 1.1 Trillion vs. 100 Billion) between The West and Russia yet The West can't even get close to a production of ammo that would ensure a SOMEWHAT sufficient supply.
Also in general a video analyzing Ukraines situation and potential developments of this conflict in the future would be very interesting to see ^^
I hope you can find the time for this at some point ツ
Yeah, I mean its what happens when you let your defense industry collapse. This is why people who talk about the "Military industrial complex" are so absurd.
Just like any other country, we cannot give them everything we have...
What would we use in case we need it? Ammo manufacturing has dropped considerably over the years also due to the end of the Cold War and less frequent use by the Military in live fire exercises... During WWII the manufacturing industries converted car assembly lines to make Jeeps/Trucks/Tanks/Armored car and so on... It wasn't easy then, and it would be even harder to do anything like that now... Ammo manufacturers have more capacity, but not enough trained personnel, and you don't hire just any smuck off the streets to do that work... It takes a certain set of skills and a lot of attention to safety measures... Not to mention obtaining the raw materials...
And this doesn't even cover the Politics involved at this moment...
Hopefully they learn something...
Tku I will save the URL. Not sure I can watch it tomorrow but will definitely watch a rerun if there is one. I am pretty sure it will be on video and on your substack? Gotta say, getting up in the world, lecturing at the US Naval Academy!
RYAN always nails it. Good call. Thank you Sir.
Hi Ryan,
I wish you'd describe how to do DIP on video. I found this Make Use Of description. But I bet you could do better.
https://www.makeuseof.com/find-video-source/
Damn! I wish I knew. You’ll be 10 minutes from the house, but I’m gonna be out of town. Let us know next time. We can go out for a drink.
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