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> military procurement and engineering created a corrupt design process, with unnecessary complexity, poor safety standards Assuming this permeates a considera

> military procurement and engineering created a corrupt design process, with unnecessary complexity, poor safety standards Assuming this permeates a considerable amount of the US military spending I'm curious how much it deflates the true value? The US spends more than double China on military, and although it is likely a portion of their (China) budget goes towards graft and corruption my suspicion is that actual design, development and manufacturing is much more efficient (e.g. lack of environmental controls and labor unions) and would support the argument that the US is on course to losing its position of top military force (to China) within the next two decades.

mrj 7y ago
The US spends a _lot_ of that on graft and corruption, as well. Even the article linked here mentioned playing politics with procurement, but also consider the billions and billions paid for military hardware that doesn't work and the Pentagon has gone on record saying they don't even want. The US has grown comfortable thinking it's still ahead while they continue to prepare for a style of war that will not come. If history is any guide, the next big war will be fought with a technology that takes advantage of the weaknesses of the previous leader, despite spending advantages.