• SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    Most of it is actually old equipment they’re taking out of storage. Of course the US likes to have stuff like that around for various contingencies, one of which is the exact thing it’s being used for now. So new equipment will be bought for the US military and existing equipment will be placed into a storage a little sooner than usual.

    But a big chunk of that price tag is ordinance, and yeah that needs to be re-ordered right away.

    But at any rate, yeah nearly all of it is from US manufacturers, though there may be a few parts and things from allies like Canada.