Although we are not completely at peace, we are not in a full-fledged air battle right now - so the Pentagon bean counters and the powerpoint experts have the upper hand. Once things heat up in an environment where there are real anti-air threats to our fighters, strike and bomber aircraft, the light bulb will belatedly come on, once again, with the idea that an effective EW platform is a true force multiplier and necessary. True warriors and peacetime leadership have different DNA.