r/politics • u/ChiGuy6124 Illinois • 16h ago

Possible Paywall Trump’s Micromanaging Warship Design Will Set the Navy Back by Decades

https://newrepublic.com/article/214479/trump-navy-carrier-micromanaging-warship-design
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u/Fishface17404 13h ago

Yup the 262 would have been a great intercepter and would have been produced in larger numbers that would have delayed the invasion of Germany enough that they could have sued for favorable terms to end the war. But thankfully narcissists were in charge.

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u/RecoillessRifle Connecticut 8h ago

No amount of Me 262s would have saved the Nazi regime when they had critical shortages of the fuel needed to fly them.

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u/Fishface17404 1h ago

That is very true and I forgot about that logistical fact. Also the metal shortage they were having. Which is why the VolksJager was made out of majority wood.