Re: Military technology Joneses
-- There's a world of difference between an F-86 Sabre, which faced down the 1950s MiGs, and the F-35 JSF. --
How much of that is actual advancement and how much is driven by the need to extract as much government (taxpayer) money, and divert it to as many congressional districts, as possible? Also how much of that shows in the sort of obvious way that the author of the article is looking for?