No, proper storage amounts and planable long-term contracts are needed, so there is enough to sustain while existing manufacturing capacities are upscaled.
Instead we get bullshit actionism.
And in a few years we probably have replaced a lot of soldiers with barely enough ammunition for a few weeks with much more soldiers and ammunition for 2 days. Because actually sane decisions are not flashy enough to impress stupid voters or the media they consume.
All while having wasted billions on shiny new stuff in irrelevant numbers, infrastructure for conscripts not actually needed, and big symbolic projects, simply because idiots are prioritising short-term bullshit to impress morons to get their votes in a few years again.
But loudly talking about building a massive army is so much easier (and more effective to get approval) than actually managing the logistics needed to make the existing army work properly. The old saying that there is no glory in prevention is sadly true for military deterrence, too.
No, proper storage amounts and planable long-term contracts are needed, so there is enough to sustain while existing manufacturing capacities are upscaled.
Instead we get bullshit actionism.
And in a few years we probably have replaced a lot of soldiers with barely enough ammunition for a few weeks with much more soldiers and ammunition for 2 days. Because actually sane decisions are not flashy enough to impress stupid voters or the media they consume.
All while having wasted billions on shiny new stuff in irrelevant numbers, infrastructure for conscripts not actually needed, and big symbolic projects, simply because idiots are prioritising short-term bullshit to impress morons to get their votes in a few years again.
But loudly talking about building a massive army is so much easier (and more effective to get approval) than actually managing the logistics needed to make the existing army work properly. The old saying that there is no glory in prevention is sadly true for military deterrence, too.