We were so involved in procurement for the present threat that we neglected procurement of other types too.
You could argue that CAS/CDS/CNS are avoiding this by procuring for the future but that is perhaps plain wrong one way as the other was plain wrong the other ?
I would agree 100% PN if I thought that alone was the motivation, but in the case of the CAS at least it is merely a convenient hook on which to hang his own prejudices. He is, as we are reminded ad nauseam, a +6000 hour FJ jock, with a myopic tunnel fixation on the Typhoon. Given that the pressing need in this real war is for more of everything else, but with little or no sign of anything other than slippage for its augmentation or replacement, it does not bode well. When the brightest news for their crews is the complete rebuilds of the Chinook 3s to become flyable and a job lot of used AH off ebay (whatever), my confidence in the top echelon is of no confidence. We need leadership. We ain't getting it!