Really sad it's come to this for the world. It's presented as a push forward, but it seems so unnecessary that the world be forced to arm up at this point: > "

Really sad it's come to this for the world. It's presented as a push forward, but it seems so unnecessary that the world be forced to arm up at this point: > "This self-doubt is arising at a time when our world is at history’s turning point. The post-cold war era is already behind us, and we are now at an inflection point that will define the next stage of human history," he said. Given where we are and that things seem to be slipping, I'm a little less reserved about some of my enjoyment of following the defense industry. Japan is an interesting case. It seems like Japan, the British, and North Grumann are going to build a YF23 like craft, merging the British Tempest program with Japans F-X and getting help from other nations. https://newatlas.com/military/uk-japan-italy-team-up-6th-gen-fighter-plane/ https://newatlas.com/military/uk-japan-italy-team-up-6th-gen... There's a lot American defense industry is doing well, but also damn too often it takes us forever to get stuff integrated & going. The F-35 is talking about basically throwing out the upgrade plan that was in place, & going for an agile let's see what we can actually do & reassess as we go strategy. Having the rest of the world no longer put all their eggs in the US defense basket is likely terrible for us, but I admit I am a bit excited and hopeful that we'll have more than the messed up carved-up MIC petri dish model to see and learn from. F-35 program could reshuffle long-term upgrade plan, deliver TR-3 jets early without full capability https://breakingdefense.com/2024/04/f-35-program-could-reshuffle-long-term-upgrade-plan-deliver-tr-3-jets-early-without-full-capability/ https://breakingdefense.com/2024/04/f-35-program-could-reshu...