I see other comments in a similar vein, but as a (danish) defense contractor I can only contemplate how the military-industrial innovation engine has had little

I see other comments in a similar vein, but as a (danish) defense contractor I can only contemplate how the military-industrial innovation engine has had little to feed on in the last 20 years due to fighting such an asymmetric threat. Whether we in the HN community like it or not, US defense R&D has boosted not only US prosperity but Western for decades prior. Compared to core investments in networking, computing, command and control, nuclear, space etc. - the venture-boosted “tech” industry has little to show as a viable alternative to hardcore defense invention. Even as a Dane I really hope the US will do one of its usual pivots and show how to pull out of a dry spot!