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The US military is made impotent by its tight coupling to the mil-ind complex. Equipping decisions are not made by the military but by the complex. The more parts that go into a weapon, the more jobs are created to build those parts, the more congresspeople vote to fund those weapons to secure those jobs in their districts to win elections. So you end up with infinite R&D money being thrown into a pit labelled "Wunderwaffen" with like 10% going into a district and 90% into the pockets of Raytheon shareholders, and those Wunderwaffen that get off the ground have supply chains that are far too long and have extra markup at every stage, because they're ultimately make-work programs.
Versus, say, Shahed drones, which you can crank off an assembly line and fly out the door.