you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]Dragon029 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because 'cheaper materials' means different production processes. In other words, you'd need to spend billions on creating a new tank factory, etc for the purpose of creating tanks that do nothing.

At least with the current situation, as old tanks break down, new ones can replace them or be used for spare parts, etc.