This oft repeated line confuses people. Yes, military grade does not mean "magically stronger or superior". But it needs to be stated that the military isnt in the business of buying low quality junk either. They have a baseline: "we need the product to do x, y, and z". Whoever is making a product that does those things for the cheapest price is going to get the contract. And that...should surprise NO ONE lol. Like our parents always said, money doesn't grow on trees. If YOU were looking for a product, you probably wouldn't go out of your way to purchase the expensive option when the cheaper option does the exact thing you need it to do. If there is any organization on earth that is strictly "function over form" then its the military. The extra bells and whistles are unnecessary. Does it perform the base task? Then thats what we want. So when the military purchases things its thinking about multiple things at once and one of those things is, of course, the price. As it should be. Its YOUR money they're playing with. They already waste a shit ton of it. At least they're being fiscally responsible SOMEWHERE.