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Originally Posted by Cohaagen
Nothing good ever comes from these Yank-lovers. Every article bangs away at the same tedious misguided message - everything produced by the US is fantastic, there's no point in having an indigenous defence industry.
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You aren't exactly doing a very good job of rebutting his thesis. An independent defence industry is good, even if it is only independent in a particular sector (say you can build a whole tank or plane by yourself). But when one is not independent even within a particular weapons system, it starts to become a worst of both worlds situation. And if it isn't either cheaper or better (the two together tends to be nearly impossible), than it becomes a jobs program.