Billions of dollars of old military equipment that mostly was nearing retirement. In many cases sending it to Ukraine actually saved a bit of money as transport costs were less than EPA compliant destruction procedures.

As I said, the US/EU military industrial complex – especially the US – could have made a lot more money both now and in the future by giving Ukraine what they needed to win. Instead, they didn't get the orders they wanted, and now have a significant competitor: Ukrainian weapons manufacturers.