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Originally Posted by TheSatyr
The auto makers needed the bailout for national security reasons more than anything else I think. Who do you think builds the tanks,apcs,humvees,trucks etc. that the military uses?
I for one don't want to see our military have to go begging to Germany or Japan to get new military vehicles built. Good way for our tank and apc specs to end up on a desk in Beijing or Moscow.(They probably have them already but why make it easier for them?).
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The automakers don't product any of that stuff. Am General builds the HMMWV, General Dynamics manufactures the M1A1, the Bradley is produced by BAE Systems Land and Armaments, etc.
The automakers' products are more mass-produced assembly-line vehicles, doesn't work well for military hardware.