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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The US delivers X dollars worth of weapons to Ukraine. In most cases, this is used weaponry that would otherwise be held in a depot waiting for WW3 or desposed of. The US is not taking new taxpayer money for this. Instead older weapons paid for by taxpayers to counter Russian agression...are used to counter Russian agression. Newer weapons like Patriot and Himars are donated but the US gains valuable information from the battlefield in exchange.