Right now, in peace time, it’s all about safety and proving. When the next war against a balanced adversary happens, what will matter is “what can we build that

Right now, in peace time, it’s all about safety and proving. When the next war against a balanced adversary happens, what will matter is “what can we build that does damage” and “how fast can we churn them out”. So it’s good that a lot of the manufacturing we need is moving back to the USA. These planes aren’t the future. These planes are jobs and elections programs. These planes are battleships in a carrier world. But until the enemy fields their “carriers”, battleships are more than enough.