Actually I didn't double the price, You'r idea that you originally put forth centered around a pair of Lewis and Clarks and a pair of T-ESD's all of which cost roughly $500m USD a piece.
As for what we are getting or have acquired, much of it is based on simple evolution from past asset's being replaced with larger more capable asset's to fill the same basic role, Not acquiring a completely new asset that we have not had before.
There is a difference between replacing an asset with an evolution of it and acquiring a new capability that we have zero history with.
But a few simple reasons we wont get anything like that, The government wouldnt buy it, the civilian population wouldn't back it and the DWP (best one we have had in a longtime) didnt even make the slightest mention about such a capability.
Sure would love to have it but there are a lot more important thing's in the budget then to acquire an asset that we may or may not use.
As for what we are getting or have acquired, much of it is based on simple evolution from past asset's being replaced with larger more capable asset's to fill the same basic role, Not acquiring a completely new asset that we have not had before.
There is a difference between replacing an asset with an evolution of it and acquiring a new capability that we have zero history with.
But a few simple reasons we wont get anything like that, The government wouldnt buy it, the civilian population wouldn't back it and the DWP (best one we have had in a longtime) didnt even make the slightest mention about such a capability.
Sure would love to have it but there are a lot more important thing's in the budget then to acquire an asset that we may or may not use.