re: #70 erik_t

Particularly when you’re manufacturing everything in-country, thus seemingly skewing the R&D and production costs when compared to dramatically-outsourced commercial products.

The military’s toys seem less gold-plated when you realize that none of the parts were made by Foxconn for pennies worth of near-child-labor.

Not to mention the R&D cost of innovation. The Manhattan Project ate a tangible part of our GDP. Now any shitthole nation can take a stab at Fat Man. (Looking at you, Norks.)