Well, we dumped a lot of money into the F-35 to fill a perceived strategic gap in fighter jets that had not yet arrived. This was many years before we actually

Well, we dumped a lot of money into the F-35 to fill a perceived strategic gap in fighter jets that had not yet arrived. This was many years before we actually received such a jet. This kind of long-term investment of lots of money for (arguably) public good is what federal governments are _for_, in my mind. A 250M$ - 1G$ investment / year is big, but if it's self-sustaining in a couple years, that's a huge win.