Daddy Warbucks couldn’t be happier. 800 people are working at a factory in Lima, Ohio that rebuilds Abrams tanks and “is building 15 to 20 armored vehicles per month, including tanks, it can easily boost that to 33 a month and could add another shift of workers to build more if needed.” Those numbers are reported in an AP article appearing in the LA Times.
I know we need to support Ukraine with military hardware but is that number 15 to 20 vehicles? Why? I understand providing munitions but this article was about hardware.
“Part of it is figuring out … what’s the best one that can allow us to get the Ukrainians tanks in as timely a fashion as we can” without disrupting foreign military sales, said Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth.
Sales to who is my question. I Googled for the answer. U.S. arms exports in 2021, by country
| Saudi Arabia | 1389 |
| Australia Qatar Japan United Kingdom 4 countries | 929 906 875 875 |
| South Korea | 646 |
| Netherlands | 586 |
| Israel | 550 |
| Norway | 455 |
| India | 425 |
United Arab Emirates 274
Denmark 226
Italy 214
The plus to this situation is the are 800 American families with good incomes. General Dynamics is earning a good profit for every unit they deliver. A few other companies like Lockheed Martin and Raytheon are also the beneficiaries of the war machine.
Incidentally if you don’t get it, Daddy Warbucks was a character from the classic comic strip Little Orphan Annie and the stage musical based on it. He was a war profiteer (someone who makes money through military contracts).
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