chapotraphouse

Here’s the trillion dollar question: we know the lack of manpower is a political choice to avoid the PR problem of dead American soldiers, so a switch to remote controlled drones. But, with regards to everything else, where is all that ballooning military spending going if the bread and butter equipment is aged and unreliable? Is it going to magic toys like the F-35 and supersonic missiles that the military-industrial complex is hyping as miracles but are really boondoggles? Or is this just a sign of the DoD budget being a thinly veiled wealth transfer from the public coffers to Lockheed Martin shareholders?