They have to have some effects, we bought them, we gave them away for free, and now we have to not just replace them, but gear way up to produce far more of them, for both Uke and our own use.Minimal effect on inflation. Don't mistake drawing down surplus as weakening the military, when they have stockpiled for multiple wars and conflicts simultaneously. The rest... is surplus. And definitely don't mistake giving them old kit, munitions and equipment as weakening our military, especially thing we aren't using and don't want. And don't want to keep paying to store and/or
Eating into our budgets, and weakening our military, which isn't doing that good right now anyway. Originally Posted by Devo
maintain.
From the DPICM's to BFV's to older model M1's, we're in many cases giving then massive upgrades to what they had without giving away anything we'll miss. No one's really planning on producing new DPICM's. 155's, absolutely. But that doesn't really have much direct impact on your daily life or what you're paying at the grocery store, or to buy pants. Or cars. Or massage parlor handjobs.
And in some cases, creating a new market if there's an appetite to replace Soviet and Russian built with American built. And where that occurs, we may even see some offset on indirect inflation generated.