Defense Tech: The PooBahs Speak
Four military strategists testify to Congress about where the military should be going. Opinions vary from a restructuring and converting the force to peace-fighter, to buying more subs and tanks. Some comments are outlandish to me, like, "gotta prepare for that war with China!" Come on, are you serious? I did like the tidbit that the DoD spends more money on missile defence than it does on the entire coast guard.
What is a shame, to me, is that my guess is that there is quite a strong lobby for network centric warfare, high tech, gee whiz, etc. And don't get me wrong, technology and innovation is good, but I think we have got the super high tech jet fighter and submarine war won. Now we need to innovate for the peacekeeper. And that's the great part, there is just as much money to be made by defence contractors doing just that.
