MGM-140A ATACMS Block I

Original model with 165 km range, inertial navigation and 950 M74 anti-personnel and anti-materiel (APAM) grenades.

    • Szymon@lemmy.caEnglish
      1111·
      1 year ago

      Here’s a fun exercise. Sync up the manufacture dates on weapons, their expiry, and massive global conflicts breaking which happen to clear out old inventory.

      You die so Lockheed Martin keeps making billions.

      • ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world
        17·
        1 year ago

        We pretty much continuously produce weapons, so of course you’re gonna find a few that are expiring right about now, because it’s cheaper for the US Government to pass them off to be used than it is to dispose of them safely ourselves. There are ATACMS that expired a decade ago, and were disposed of without starting a new war.

        In addition, the ATACMS program specifically ended in 2007, so under a Service Life Extension Program, the US Army has been pretty continuously refurbishing them to maintain inventory. All in all, this is a prime example of confirmation bias.

        But also yes, defense contractors are the only ones who profit from war.

      • Hux
        13·
        1 year ago

        As an environmentalist, I’m so relieved they are not simply going to waste.