Because we are out of ammo. Why is that so impossible to accept? What have we done with our defense budgets for half a century, except squander them and use up our assets without replacement? I mean, I was in the defense industry for 40 years, and it was all new starts that fizzled out (SDI), or programs that happened and dragged on through cost overruns (F-35, KC-46). Good programs were terminated before their time (F-22). Plenty of mismanagement to go around.
Because we are out of ammo. Why is that so impossible to accept? What have we done with our defense budgets for half a century, except squander them and use up our assets without replacement? I mean, I was in the defense industry for 40 years, and it was all new starts that fizzled out (SDI), or programs that happened and dragged on through cost overruns (F-35, KC-46). Good programs were terminated before their time (F-22). Plenty of mismanagement to go around.