Maybe not the most favorable opinion, but U.S defense budget is out of control. I take the classic F35 development as the goto example. There is no accountabili

Maybe not the most favorable opinion, but U.S defense budget is out of control. I take the classic F35 development as the goto example. There is no accountability. There is no oversights. Contractors don’t seem always fulfill contracts on time, and the deliveries have quality problems. Contracts can range from millions to tens of billions. I honestly do not think we need this hundreds of billions budject. Even when we do, we need a complete accountability and we need to make sure money is spent on personnel’s well-being and safety over some “mega vision/next generation weapons we really won’t need and probably never going to happen.” Sadly, unlike other manufacuring industries, LockHead and Boeing can’t just develop random defense products and then let governments buy them (regular annunitions are okay). If that was the case, then DoD would be a client rather than both the client and the project management. Instead, we as client lets Boeing builds the fighting jets, and DoD sells them to foreign countries. The waste could have been invested in veteran service, healthcare, national infrastructure (bridges, highways, dams, power grids), and whatnot. Politicans are scared to cut DoD’s budget because in America we are so supportive of our troops, many get upset when DoD budget is reduced for cleaning up unnecessary projects. [1]: http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/373136-congress-just-agreed-to-completely-out-of-control-pentagon-spending http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/373136-congress-just-agre... [2]: https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/20/pentagon-never-audited-astonishing-military-spending https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/20/pentag... [3]: http://amp.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/7/us-military-wasting-money/ http://amp.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/7/us-military-w... [4]: http://www.industryweek.com/companies-executives/lockheed-said-get-107-billion-f-35s-budget-plan http://www.industryweek.com/companies-executives/lockheed-sa...