How does US military aid work if the defence companies are non privately owned.
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Usually in one of two forms:
Option A: We clear out a stockpile of older weapons/vehicles and ship them off to Ukraine to use. Then, the unit we took the old stuff from orders up a batch of fresh gear to replenish their warehouse from the usual contract sources. This is great for stuff that has an expiration date and has been sitting in storage for a while, we would’ve had to throw it away in a year or two anyway but now it gets used up in the next few months and we don’t even have to pay for disposal.
Option B: The aid package is literally just a contract to produce XYZ and ship it to Ukraine. We pay for it, but instead of delivering 100,000 rounds of ammunition to Anniston Army Depot, they deliver the ammo to a port and it goes straight onto a cargo ship.
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