Don&#x27;t bother. Threads like this just become mindless ragefests from people with political axes to grind and sites like vice know how to exploit these feelings for ad impressions. Liberal doves also want anything to attack new weapon systems spending. Its an ugly scene altogether and accurate information and commentary about military programs are lacking.<p>I&#x27;ve lived through a few major weapons systems changes and its all the same. Heck, anyone who has ever worked on a large project knows this stuff is fairly common.  A lot of people don&#x27;t want this thing in the air, especially Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea. Its a very capable weapons system and fills a much needed role.<p>Its crazy a lazily sourced article like this could make it to the front page of HN. It reads like my grandmother wrote it, &quot;THE AIRPLANE IS RUN BY A COMPUTER! TECHNOLOGY IS SCARY!&quot;  To compete on this level, automation and complexity are required. Its silly to think we are going to back to how planes were designed 50 years ago.