This article is one tree in a dark forest. The real problem, which underlies all the issues faced by our government, is the complete reliance on robber-baron contractors who happily enrich themselves at the public trough while working the congress to ensure that the purchasing rules keep them locked in on the path to enrichment forever.

It's good to poke holes in the need for military hardware that costs a unicorn's specious valuation, but it's not the actual problem here.