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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
We aren't sending Ukraine anything truly cutting edge. Besides the issues of escalation, the problem of supplying and training the Ukrainians how to use them we also don't want Russia getting a hold of any newer technology just for them to reverse engineer it.
gpt
The reason people were so worried about this before things actually started is because Russia isn't that far behind us in terms of tech. But where we've made the new hotness into standard issue, they build just enough of the good stuff to do a parade or photo shoot and then... Well that's it. Most of what they sent to Ukraine has already been destroyed