>>516029492
>Me-163 Komet
omg this pudgy little fucker is adorable!
>looks like
Stealing German scientists and their ideas is a time-honored tradition for both America and SU. In this case: Horten Ho 229.
>>516029875
I think that MIC realized that maintenance contracts is where yo make the real money. I'm not saying that they are intentionally putting out flawed designs or modules, but the higher complexity the more shit there is to break and thus the more money you get fixing it all.

My point would be not that "low tech is better", but that a military needs a spectrum of options from "basic" to "advanced" and it really feels (as a civvie) that USAF is putting all their eggs in one really expensive basket.