Lockheed Martin trying to please its share holders. What was it that President Eisenhower warned about in that speech that one time.....
Oh right the military industrial complex!
Defense is one thing a nation needs it but what we have is just too much and it costs too much money.You should have the most effective fighting force not the most costly.If anything having the most costly is a hindrance.The problem is there is so much money to be made and it is not hard to get a pet project going.