If they stop technological innovation they will fall behind.
Technological innovation is good and I agree money should be pumped in. But by a conventional learning curve, cost of production goes down as volumes go up. That doesn't seem to be happening here. The cost just keeps on shooting up.
. But there is something called as over stretching the economy. Disbanding the F-35's is hardly gonna leave you defenceless. US jets are still among the best. It's more of an ego battle to say my jet is a generation ahead of others out there. It's a legacy of the cold war way of thinking.



