why would you announce to the entire world that you are aiding in one side of a war?

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We’re not told so much about what’s really happening in the world, and telling the enemy essentially seems next level stupid

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Part of America’s war strategy is to be very open and clear about all the cool toys we have. Essentially “you may hit our frigate with a regular missile, but then a giant missile that literally contains four giant samurai swords will hit your boat and sink it. We’ll launch it from space just for fun.” The goal is to intimidate people from attacking because USA will respond with overwhelming force.

In the case of Ukraine, telling Russia we’re sending even more cool toys to our ally is in hopes they’ll wise up and pull out. That hasn’t worked yet but we’re also not sharing specific deployment details.