AtticusMatlock said:
Why even announce that? Just let their stuff start getting blown up and let them figure it out.
Accountability. I asked this myself some time ago and from what I can tell it usually boils down to this. Could be wrong though, just my own opinion.
With the aid packages, product needs to be itemized and end use clarified. We are not at war. So OPSEC gets a little weird when we also need to have SOME level of accounting for fed dollars to the public. This is a weird area for me as I personally feel pretty hypocritical on it. I would love for this stuff to be kept secret for the Ukes sake, OTOH though, I do feel like we need to have at least a modicum of accountability. Better than the official "stuff" that was used as a line item by the Air Force to account for billions of dollars that one timeā¦ I am a strong proponent of having a strong and advanced military. I am also not naive to the machinations and negatives of having a strong military industrial complex. More than most I would wager. Different topic though.
So a large contractor is going to be receiving federal dollars for a new military contract for build/fulfillment that is not even close to the realm of black operations. So it will be public info. And then people who pay attention to these things swoop in and make posts and get clicks. And here we are. I feed them just as much as the clickbait pop culture stuff gets young teens tbh. Oof.
Not saying that is the case for this particular example here but it is definitely a trend overall. And I like/hate it.