kaiserd
I really should change my personal text
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Depends where such articles appeared and who wrote them. A lot of non-specialist journalists are just not going to have especially nuanced understanding of pros and cons for particular programs. And given the scale of the US defence budget/ spending a degree of scepticism from some quarters re: the expense of/ need for specific programs is both predictable and almost certainly healthier than the complete absence of such scepticism.He's saying there's a lot of, "Does America need weapon X" articles over the years. Usually written by someone who knows little about the subject looking to attract eyeballs. Sometimes written by a competitor or even just someone who thinks the US has too many weapons (wouldn't be at all surprised to see if some, if not many, of these articles were funded by the USSR/Russia/PRC).Are you willing to share that with all of us here? Or are some of the stuff too classified to share it? Just curiousSince I started following miltech in the early 80’s I would have to store on a separate hard drive all the papers, studies and reports that include “Does America Really Need X….”
Otherwise more than a fair whiff of paranoia re: the comments above; this need for some to see people that disagree with them as having to be “reds-under-the-bed”. The same people who, ironically, are probably more willing than most to swallow wider/ more general “news” from some dubious sources as long as it tallies with their world view.