30 Years from Now, This Won't Seem Like a Good Idea

Secretary Gates notes that the weapons systems we develop should be focused on winning the wars we are currently fighting:

The Army program, whose total cost could exceed $200 billion, “must continue to demonstrate its value for the types of irregular challenges we will face,” as well as for the full-spectrum of conventional conflict for which it was designed, Mr. Gates said.

As we've argued, exclusively focusing on asymmetrical conflicts now will lead to potentially catastrophic consequences in a future war with a country like China.

-Law Dude