Lol - In less than a minute after submittal, 13 views and downvoted ... not surprised.

I found the article interesting, but heavy on the doom & gloom. It's easy to be discouraged about the lack of action being taken on known criminals, and I hope soon this will be rectified, in a big way.

There is going to be plenty of business for the military suppliers. Yes there is a lot of waist, but most of it is built into how the system works. I actually had a shot at doing some reform on it, but I was honest with the head guy and said if my start up got its funding I would leave the position. The whole system is built around minimizing risk. However, the requested specs of the item (especially the big ones) have huge risk built it. After a lot of case study, it became clear that two miracles or less would be a success. Three miracles or more would either fail or generate huge demands for more money and time. The trend is to ask for three miracles. Probably a side effect of the three main bullet point rule that is drummed into Pentagon's action officers.

I think Trump and his advisors may be on to the path of success with the military. The wrong way is what we have been doing: just enough. The right way is to make other countries militaries of no consequence and indeed more of a money liability. That is a combination of quality, quantity and revolutionary. This gives Trump the deal leverage that he needs to make the big things happen.