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Fortune
Fortune
Jason Ma

The 'obscene economics' of modern warfare show how the race to military supremacy is transforming, while U.S. rearmament relies on China

(Credit: U.S. Navy)

The Iran conflict has confirmed a transformation in the economics of warfare toward cheap, mass-produced weapons, forcing a wholesale rethinking of military procurement, according to a recent report.

While the U.S. and Israel have decimated Iran’s military, the Islamic republic still has enough combat power to inflict meaningful economic and physical damage, said Noah Ramos, chief innovation strategist at Alpine Macro, in a note earlier this month.

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