On: Photos from inside a Typhoon class submarine

[finnh]

You'd think they would copy, not license, an enemy design during war.

[RyJones → finnh]

Regardless of the number of companies making M4/AR-15 pattern designs, the TDP[0] is only known to a handful of companies with licenses.

[0] https://87gn.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/what-is-the-tdp/

[thescriptkiddie → finnh]

Corporate profit must be protected at all costs.

[Guthur → thescriptkiddie]

Well it's unlikely that has complete control over the supply chain and so it's corporations doing business with each other. They'll find a rapidly decreasing number of people willing to do business if they ride roughshod over others IP.

[gumby → thescriptkiddie]

Corporate profit is the driver of all modern wars.