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Don't forget about good ol' Texas Instruments
It's true. Their calculators were responsible for the math class massacre of '92
Never forget the 1992 mathssacre.
But also, they build the guidance systems for hellfire missiles.
Mathacre was right there... right there. Ah well.
Does McDonnell Douglas count as Boeing?
General Electric was there too
Boeing has since been expanding who they kill to include passengers on their commercial airplanes along with whistleblowers. Can't say they're not trying.
Fun fact: Lockheed uses Unity to make XR training apps and Unity used to (maybe still does I'm not sure) partner with them to help build said apps
Even more reason to ditch Unity!
Slightly off-topic but I really enjoyed the way Horizon Zero Dawn (spoilers ahead) illustrated the military industrial complex with Ted Faro. The dude was so convinced he was right about everything that not only did he help create the deadliest legion of machines ever conceived, he also deleted all knowledge acquired by humanity because he fucked up so bad that he thought anyone less smart than him (read:everyone else) would fuck up just as bad if not worse with the same knowledge. I imagine most real military contractors are lead by people who are similarly humble
That pissed me off so much. I really wanted the world to gain access to APOLLO (I'm not saying i thought the story was bad, rather that it was good and I was very invested) (please don't spoil forbidden west for me in case that comes up)
Oh I’m still going through Forbidden West. When I read the first part of your comment I thought you were spoiling it for me lol
Nope just the ELEUTHIA-9 cradle and GAIA Prime from the first game
Fuck Ted Faro
quick GIS
...Raytheon's logo really is that loading circle
When you're just sitting around at a wedding and the loading circle pops up you gotta find cover.
Uiih is it going to complete animating fill circle?? I'm waiting like forever here
It's none of those. General Dynamics produces the humble 155mm artillery shell. It's not flashy but artillery has killed more people than any other weapon in modern warfare.
AK-47 is pretty high up there too
But at least AKs are a symbol of liberation movements. US military equipment, not so much.
Huh, so I looked up the top 100 arms manufacturers in the world. 41% of them are the from the US, with the entire top 5 being from the US. The next biggest are china with 8%, and the UK with 7%.
Defense of Ukraine is a great example of how weapons can be used for good. But definitely not all that these companies do, as Gaza shows.
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Boeing makes jdam bombs, that would put them up there.
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