Comments by "buddermonger2000" (@buddermonger2000) on "Why the U.S. Military Spends So Much Money" video.

  1. @nlocnil3602  You're right, but the reason is that first off, they're not allowed to compete, and secondly, they're nationally controlled industries. The government allows them that payment because it can and it subsidizes their massive R&D budgets. Which, even with that 10x increase, allows F-35 to cost near 80 million per aircraft. Which is similar to the Saab Grippen of Sweden, which is a generation earlier and is dwarfed in capability.
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  2. We let them. They're national industries. They're state Controlled in all but name
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  3. We have. We tried them. They were too expensive and haven't worked. We'll revisit the concept in 20 years.
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