I mean, yaaay!

that the current ones the military has have a finite lifespan.
Yes, that means I do support military spending when it makes sense and in this case to me it does but on the other hand I do think they should trim the military budget by atleast half and divert it to infrastructure where it could do far more good for the country.

because as much as it sucks we do not live in a peaceful world where everyone holds hands and sings Kumbaya around the fire.
Again thats not to say I support the amount of our current military spending because I dont and imo we are outspending the other nations on our defense budget by a ridiculous amount and it needs a severe haircut.

use the power of positive thinking to win the jackpot.
If it works then your proven right, if it doesnts work though..................................................

Chronic negative thinking although does create negative experiences within one's own life, just as chronic positive thinking creates positive experiences in one's own life. Here's a fine example....

"Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behaviors. Keep your behaviors positive because your behaviors become your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your habits become your destiny." Ghandi

are out of our control as well and positive thinking will not change them, people have to want to change.

It seems we've been saddled with these multi-billion dollar boondoggles that are technologically obsolete by the time the enter the force and too expensive to risk losing one.

Many of the latest military procurements have not inspired confidence that our hard-earned tax money has been wisely spent, from the under-armed Littoral Combat Ship to the "jack of all trades, master of none" F-35.

Maybe we should let the Russians build it. It'll be 1/10th the cost and probably outperform whatever Northrop Grumman has on the drawing board.

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vs its cost that they have not solved and the military is stupid for spending the amount of money on it that they have.

which will make some certain people happy

Personally, I wish they'd keep the Bone a little while longer, since it's such a beautiful airframe...

we get any longevity and technological supremacy from the hundreds
of billions already spent on the aircraft we currently use?

Are we falling behind other superpowers in technology, speed, and throw weight?

A plane like say for example the SR-71 couldnt do the same mission that a B-1 could do.

It's not the electronics or engines, it's that the airframes are falling apart. The last B-52 left the factory in 1962 and is today 53 years old. They don't last forever.

This new bomber will be so technologically advanced those illiterate terrorists living in caves will never know what hit them.
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That's a three with nine zeros.

The F-35 is eating up the Air Force's believability supply - do they actually believe that any variant of the f-35 will cost less than $120 million dollars?

Speaking of aging: most, if not all of our B-52s, B-1s, B-2s, A-10s, F/A-18s, C-17s, MV-22s, Apaches, Blackwawks etc. etc. have been at war for the last fifteen years. And I'm guessing we will need to replace all this old stuff.

Ka Ching!

BTW, most military expenditures end up in the National Debt which means your great-great-great-great grandkids will end up paying for part of this folly.