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US F-16s lose out as Thai Air Force seals US$600M deal for Swedish Gripen jets (www.scmp.com)

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[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are we still winning?

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The rich are. Even with headlines like these, military industrial stocks are skyrocketing

War and global tensions have been very profitable, and signs only point to investors believing more war is coming, which is the reason for huge spikes in valuation

(For reference General Dynamics is the primary producer of the F-16 and Saab is the producer of the Gripen)

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah... I don't consider that "we"

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Same, just wanted to point out that some think that somehow Trump is hurting US companies when big corporations are still breaking profit records. As expected, it’s the workers that are suffering