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The Army, maybe, but neither the Air Force nor the Navy are particularly strapped for cash. But that's mostly because the Army is a bit stupid. So maybe they'll learn to spend money on simple things that actually matter instead of stupid stuff, which isn't bad. We're already seeing some fruit of this with XM1299 ERCA. How much further can the Army go when it's forced to think with its head instead of wallet?Since there's very few gobsmackingly stupid boondoggles going on right now, Strategic Long Range Cannon being the elephant in the room, and quite a few genuinely good and capable upgrades, like this VPX based bus, and the new high density powerpack for Bradley, and Precision Strike Missile. IFCS is also coming in, with the Israeli Iron Dome, which is proven and capable for the job its been picked for. All of that probably wouldn't exist if the Army had enough money to think about doing something beyond basic maintenance of its existing vehicle fleets and improving current weapon systems.The early 1990's, like the early 1970's period of fiscal famine, was something of a renaissance for the US Army weapons development. It seems like any time they're given money, they end up wasting it on something that is either impossibly ambitious and way too far forward thinking (Pentomic Divisions) or just sorta dumb (FCS). Perhaps the '20's can be the same.
The Army, maybe, but neither the Air Force nor the Navy are particularly strapped for cash. But that's mostly because the Army is a bit stupid. So maybe they'll learn to spend money on simple things that actually matter instead of stupid stuff, which isn't bad. We're already seeing some fruit of this with XM1299 ERCA. How much further can the Army go when it's forced to think with its head instead of wallet?
Since there's very few gobsmackingly stupid boondoggles going on right now, Strategic Long Range Cannon being the elephant in the room, and quite a few genuinely good and capable upgrades, like this VPX based bus, and the new high density powerpack for Bradley, and Precision Strike Missile. IFCS is also coming in, with the Israeli Iron Dome, which is proven and capable for the job its been picked for. All of that probably wouldn't exist if the Army had enough money to think about doing something beyond basic maintenance of its existing vehicle fleets and improving current weapon systems.
The early 1990's, like the early 1970's period of fiscal famine, was something of a renaissance for the US Army weapons development. It seems like any time they're given money, they end up wasting it on something that is either impossibly ambitious and way too far forward thinking (Pentomic Divisions) or just sorta dumb (FCS). Perhaps the '20's can be the same.
