# Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** ukraine-invasion, breaking-news\ **Created:** [October 29, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-2/973972 "2022-10-29T17:49:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1219
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-2/973972/1219 "2022-12-19T13:32:40Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > I have to say, I’m a little disappointed in our trillion-dollar defense that such a crucial device needed in so few numbers is so difficult for us to produce. It was pointed out to me some years ago that modern fighter jets are much more complex and high-tech than the sort of planes we were flying in WW2, and so we will never be able to suddenly ramp up production rates like we did back then: > [@Why so long to make a fighter jet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-long-to-make-a-fighter-jet/769582): > > Inspired by [this thread,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=807944) in which the claimed maximum possible production rate of modern fighter aircraft is a tiny fraction of what it was during WW2. Why is this? The US population now is more than twice what it was in WW2, and presumably has a comparable degree of general industrialization. Is it just a matter of not as much floor space and personnel devoted to the task? Given that aircraft designs are already established and production tooling requirements are already known, could we not… I suspect the same may be true for other high-tech weapons systems like the HIMARS. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-2/973972)._