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The U.S. Military is Unequipped for High-Intensity Combat
(nationalinterest.org)
News from within the empire - From a leftist perspective
Arguably, it is more difficult to design and make a weapon system that would be cheap and reliable, as opposed to gimmick gizmo that costs like an apartment in Moscow and does a subpar job trying to replace some already existing system
For sure, making stuff that works well cheaply is a lot harder.