Whenever I see someone trying to create drama, I like to ask myself if they are leaving out any information or if they bothered to see if there was anything.

Visiting where Ryan does for business and having travel downtimes I’d be jotting down ideas for a novel to blow off some stress. Ryan seems like a mix between Jack Ryan, Bill Murray in “Stripes”, James Bond and Mathew Broderick’s character in “Wargames” to me…

When the vehicle you are in can be destroyed by a infantry man with shoulder mounted ordinance or drone ordinance costing just thousands as opposed to millions for the tank it will no longer be cost effective. I've recently heard that America is looking at the big gun battle ships again as a more cost effective way of delivering ordinance over short to medium ranges with modern target acquisition and fire control accuracy. A shell is significantly less expensive than a missile

Yup !!!

I can tell you that I've done some DoD subcontractors. Military does overpay seriously for common items without necessarily gaining any benefit. I was building computers, and the case of the computer was rated for far more then insides were. Basically the case would be fine, but inside, i.e. motherboard and alike would be sand. There is no way to prevent laws of physics. Furthermore we had to charge far more then we wanted to, because we had to fore fill a certain spend. So while you may be right on a bolt or particular item being of better quality , a lot of what military does is in fact complete waste, partially because it's a Governmental institution, partially because of bureaucracy, partially due to one hand not knowing what other is doing, and partially because how budgets work.

Elon Musk has no credibility, anything out of his mouth is subject, and what makes him an expert on tanks or anything outside of making money.. its all bs

How do we know that the $45 bolt should not be $35 because the overall cost including testing could be $30? I am not saying it is, I am asking how we know.

The example you used says it’s $5.25 😂

They also invented the troubles.

Where do you get your paycheque?... Ohhhhhh..... That's right.... Swipe to the right

this should have more views/playbacks.

You're not just paying for the materials but you're paying the people who inspect and test them.

Defending the land is a sacred command given by God, victory for Palestine

No such thing as 45 cent bolts from anywhere. In fact, while typing this, I couldn’t even find a cent sign on the keyboard.

Ok. Yes. For aircraft parts you have a point. But that wasnt really thw point of contention

if you are correct that is no ordinary bolt. but tell us why they spend so much on regular tools and other regular things they use.

Fritos corn chips were invented in 1932 by Charles Elmer Doolin:

This discussion really makes me miss World of Tanks, but then I remember the toxicity, and I step out.

When democrats in charge America has done nothing but allow wars and division in our society.

I'm sure there is overpricing for military goods, but you should question what companies are overcharging, who decided to select that supplier, and if there's a connection. Blanket "Military's overpaying, lets just defund them!" isn't going to solve the issue.

Is your argument “the bullet was really , reallllly , reallllllllllly expensive , so target had to be valid”?

Some bolts are torq to yield which means the amount of turning force you or in is specifically designed for the metal to give a specific amount. They are single use only. Also everything about aircraft parts is traceable, right down to the metal that goes into them. This all costs money.

Joe's open approach to media is important in today's media landscape. Sure he isn't right all the time, maybe even a lot of the time, but he constantly reminds you that he's not an expert and you should do your own research to become properly informed. If Joe has been misinformed on something you are an expert in, get on the show and change his mind with intelligent civil discussion. Keep up the good work Ryan, I'd love to see you on the JRE trying to explain missile defense systems and military strategy to Joe one day

The answer is yes as a DU round will bust a big ass hole in one side and pierce a small hole in the other side. The velocity of the round pulls so much air through it will suck anything not bolted down through the small hole. 😬

To be fair look at our recent election. We are weak.

What about all the RAF bases in Lincolnshire surely Waddington would be a target?

It’s got to be from Japan or Korea…they love automated food making

United States and Israel are threat to world peace

What is so important about Taiwan? I never understood why the US has to be involved in their security.

You look like you’re about to steal some Dino DNA

If the bolt is put into an aircraft like the F22 or F35, when the aircraft does an8g turn , every part of the aircraft does 8g,s so multiply the number of times the aircraft does 8gs through out the lifetime of the aircraft,

he cant even name his kids right, how can you expect him to be right about anything?

Man this will age like shit...

Great investigation, thank you :-) Keep up the good work 👍🏻💪🏻

The war with china will mean the end of globalisation….. just look at the Bab al-Mandab Strait, that’s a token effort by Iran. Stuff will get crazy and no nation is prepared for it

the gao clearly isn’t doing much

Kip is chicken, hope that was helpful. It is all I remember after 3 months in Ghent.

Ryan, you will find the same pancake machine in almost every Holiday Inn Express. BTW, I just purchased a Christmas sweater from BB.

Most of this video is basically "we are not that bad because others do worse" or "Look, others are doing it more" rhetoric. It doesn't necessarily contradict what Johnny has said. While I know that Johnny often exaggerates for narrative effects or skews things, Ryan doesn't really prove him wrong. Case in point, comparing P&G or tech companies with defense contractors. When he got to the point of lobbying and congressmen owning stocks, I expected that he would talk more about the unethical "insider" trading that congress people do but instead he just compares defense companies with others.

Hatzerim is the same air base that is less than 18 miles from Be’eri. 18 miles and yet it took the IDF 8+ hours to respond to the attack? Almost as if their helicopters were in the area earlier, and were just killing Israeli civilians who the IDF then claimed were killed by Hamas. All those cars that were clearly struck with hellfire missiles sure are odd. How did Hamas get hellfire missiles or a helicopter to fire them? Hmmm. All very odd.

No matter how you frame it....a 7500 toilet seat....this example doesn't cover the rest of the waist

We need to know about this new ballistic missile Russia has please

What amazes me most as a non American, is that checks are still a thing. It is 30-35 years ago since I saw one last time 😂

If China thought the US was weak it would’ve invaded Taiwan by now.

2 yr later and we are still here .

Honestly I worked in a theater our Choir risers required aircraft bolts although more expensive 45 dollars is too much 5000 dollars for a soap dispenser is too much. So why does Ryan lie? He’s trying to sell a 100 million dollar drone system he stole from high school students.

I hate to tell you, but these are in the US too. My first exposure was at the Bragg IHG in ‘19.

China didn’t take our manufacturing, we gave it away in the 90s. And it is not invading Taiwan, it is reconciliation of territory. Get your history and facts straight. It is this type of poison people like you should stop spreading!

As someone who modifies his cars, cheap supporting parts are the death of meany projects. Don’t cheap out, buy what you need for the situation.