The military-industrial complex lost big time during the Vietnam era. Most of the "big ticket" technology items got deferred funding after mid-1965 as the military budget was diverted into operating funds for the troops and infrastructure costs for base buildup in Vietnam. The same thing holds true today. Military budget money is being poured ionto the rathole of Iraq and weaposn system modernization is being deferred. During the 12 years of peak Vietnam spending, we lost a "generation" of technolgy upgrades and force modernization to the Soviets and we didn't catch up till the eighties. Low tech wars do not aid the military-industrial complex. High tech force modernization is their pig trough.
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