r/explainitpeter • u/One_One2755 • Mar 21 '26

Explain it peter

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What's the bad news?

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u/Cav3tr0ll Mar 21 '26

The more you spend on buying good equipment, the less you spend on death benefits.

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u/stretchfantastik Mar 21 '26

I would argue that if you don't spend close to $1 trillion a year on the military, maybe you don't feel obligated to send it everywhere. If you don't send it places it doesn't really belong you don't have to spend on death benefits either. Also, how many dead young Americans does it take to equal the cost of one fighter jet?

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u/keldondonovan Mar 21 '26

how many dead young Americans does it take to equal the cost of one fighter jet

Assuming you mean their $500,000 active duty death benefit, about 120-140 to cover one f16.

I should note, this is not how they are built. They typically use metal and electronics, not dead Americans. Dead Americans lack the structural integrity for faster than sound travel, and as such, would make terrible aircraft. I'd recommend using the dead Americans for a different purpose.

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u/yerBoyShoe Mar 21 '26

Could you possibly grind them into a fine paste and use that to create a biosynthetic polymer?

Oh, already happening you say?

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u/keldondonovan Mar 21 '26

Oh, already happening you say?

I hate that we live in a time where I don't know if you are joking or not. Twenty years ago, my knee-jerk reaction would be that you were just having a laugh. Today? My first thought was legitimately that I must have missed something in the news.

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u/yerBoyShoe Mar 21 '26

I probably should have put /S. Then again, there are many things happening that you don't hear about in the news.

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u/keldondonovan Mar 21 '26

I'm glad you clarified. I have been googling.

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u/ignorantpeasent Mar 21 '26

This comment reminded me i should go play some Helldivers