With the rest of the world is frantically arming themselves, we cannot afford to be complacent or pacifist.
how? (help me in my ignorant state)
You can't afford to replace existing systems 1:1, the a/c doesn't have the same range as those it is replacing and it's so complicated it will never achieve the same operational rates w/o extreme expenditures or cannibalizing Human Resources maintaining other a/c.
All this leads to less capability and more risk aversion to wage conflicts. Peace through bankruptcy.