> wars create huge jumps in GDP Huge jumps for all the wrong reasons. > The F-35's rate of return is "we don't have to fight another world war" The F-35 budg

> wars create huge jumps in GDP Huge jumps for all the wrong reasons. > The F-35's rate of return is "we don't have to fight another world war" The F-35 budget overran due to mismanagement, not because it just costs trillions to create the technology. I can see China working with Russia being able to afford their own competitive machines. There doesn't seem to be a clear "we don't have to fight another world war" end game.