Defense spending should be easy. Assess the threat, let those in the know put out the requirements to build a counter, compete the candidates, select a winner with REAL TIME capabilites, contract for the units required, pay a portion up front and the rest upn delivery. Congress should write the check and nothing else.

A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”