Hmm, I coulda swore it was a thing in the last couple decades…turns out that only applies to certain specific scenarios, where they had to ditch it either way, overweight ballast, stuff in the desert, obsolete (and now illegal) WWI & WWII ordinance, etc. Also turns out that instead of dumping most obsolete equipment into the ocean, they now dump it into the “used” market.
I don’t know where you got that information, but in this case, they literally just missed the landing.
Hmm, I coulda swore it was a thing in the last couple decades…turns out that only applies to certain specific scenarios, where they had to ditch it either way, overweight ballast, stuff in the desert, obsolete (and now illegal) WWI & WWII ordinance, etc. Also turns out that instead of dumping most obsolete equipment into the ocean, they now dump it into the “used” market.
Say, who do you think brokers those deals?
https://corruption-tracker.org/blog/how-to-profit-from-the-global-arms-trade