Two different philosophies of design that are informed by politics. In a country where you have to manufacture consent for a war, you have to design your military gear with some consideration for the people that will be using it. You're designing gear that you have to market to the soldiers.
In a more overtly totalitarian regime, you can just chuck people into the meat grinder because they can't really say no.
I remember learning about Soviet vs US long range bombers, and how the US designs made arrangements for things like toilets, but the Soviet ones often didnt.
Two different philosophies of design that are informed by politics. In a country where you have to manufacture consent for a war, you have to design your military gear with some consideration for the people that will be using it. You're designing gear that you have to market to the soldiers.
In a more overtly totalitarian regime, you can just chuck people into the meat grinder because they can't really say no.
I remember learning about Soviet vs US long range bombers, and how the US designs made arrangements for things like toilets, but the Soviet ones often didnt.