Gotta keep arms parity to keep them contracts rolling in. Also gotta overestimate the enemy’s capability for the same reason. The US reaction to the MIG-15 Foxbat in the 70s was a prime example of a psyops campaign by the DoD.
8 posted on 05/06/2021 11:53:57 AM PDT by Seruzawa
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