> However, US is at peace. Which is a great thing by itself, but it means it’s too easy for them to waste billions of dollars developing technologies which look awesome in PowerPoint, but useless in practice.
It's always easier to develop weapons in wartime because the requirements and effectiveness are much easier to find, but it's not cheaper. Billions will still be wasted but it will be spent on rebuilding buildings, bridges, infrastructure and lives destroyed by the war.
Ukraine has done some amazing things with cheap and boot strapped technology but the cost is the $486 billion required to rebuild the country.
It's always easier to develop weapons in wartime because the requirements and effectiveness are much easier to find, but it's not cheaper. Billions will still be wasted but it will be spent on rebuilding buildings, bridges, infrastructure and lives destroyed by the war.
Ukraine has done some amazing things with cheap and boot strapped technology but the cost is the $486 billion required to rebuild the country.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-needs-486-bln-r...