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A robot was on fire. Again. It was the summer of 2024, and the cutting-edge robots inside General Dynamics’ sweltering artillery factory near Dallas were catching fire with startling regularity, according to four former workers there. This wasn’t ideal, as the plant was supposed to be churning out urgently needed artillery shells for Ukraine. The robots, giant metal arms with clamps for hands…

... The fiasco has cost American taxpayers $533 million, according to the Army. But the Army has not held General Dynamics or a key Turkish subcontractor — which provided the factory’s much-hyped but little-proven equipment — publicly accountable for the failures. Nor has it made General Dynamics pay a penny back.

Just the opposite: General Dynamics, one of the world’s largest defense companies, has been showered with new contracts, continuing its track record as one of the greatest beneficiaries of Pentagon spending. The company is still in charge of the factory. It recently announced that it will fix things there by bringing in another much-hyped but little-proven technology.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I’ve criticized every government myself

Sure you have. Some slightly louder than others.

When USA uses their aid programs for political pressure you’re outraged

When they fund rape gangs and drug cartels and genocidal terror campaigns with those "aid" programs, I wish more people would.

[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

You fucking hypocrite. You're talking about yourself.

So then why is the shutdown of USAID causing millions of deaths, not preventing them?

But we know what your opinion of that is. You think it's good that those people die so that their survival won't make people think USA is good anymore. You enjoy seeing the damage caused by Musk and Trump and co, in just the same way you enjoy seeing China hurt their minorities, because you think they all deserve it.

All because they are part of the wrong tribe. You think they supported American imperialism when they should've submitted to Chinese imperialism.

https://afridesk.org/en/chinese-mafia-expands-in-africa/

https://adf-magazine.com/2025/06/chinese-cybercrime-networks-spread-like-a-cancer-into-africa/

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/12/invasive-ai-led-mass-surveillance-in-africa-violating-freedoms-warn-experts

You probably even think it's good that the Chinese mafia is taking control in many areas. That's acceptable colonialism, not because it's good for the people, but because it's Chinese. They along with Chinese intelligence may be just as bad as CIA, but you think the collateral is worth it, because the right culture or some shit like that is being established. They are making them civilized according to you. Right?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You’re talking about yourself.

Literally down to "I'm rubber, you're glue"

ADF is a professional military magazine published quarterly by U.S. Africa Command

You absolute nob. You're reading Pete Hegseth ad copy

[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You're the one obsessed with fucking Kegsbreath & co. My criticism is completely independent of those asswipes

Meanwhile you happily parrot the Chinese military you rube. And you're not even addressing the arguments nor providing evidence for your claim of bias.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/08/16/australia-chinese-government-menaces-uyghur-diaspora