How ‘Attritable’ Systems Are Changing the Economics of Warfare
Defense procurement is undergoing a transformation as scalable weaponry and next-generation technologies redefine battlefield capabilities
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I’m Chris Anstey , a senior economics editor in Boston, and today we’re looking at the changing economics of warfare. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@bloomberg.net . And if you aren’t yet signed up to receive this newsletter, you can do so here .
My first job as a journalist on one occasion called for me to tour a defense-industry expo. I quickly observed this was a sector that generated its own particular vocabulary, as I perused a poster touting “Newly Enhanced Lethality!”