Is our weapons procurement process so dysfunctional that we cannot do better? It is not always better to have a few very very expensive shiny weapons and hope they all work and don’t get destroyed right away than to have oodles of capable weapons and a military strategy and leader who inspires recruits to join. I’m not even sure that forcibly drafting people would improve the numbers and quality if the potential draftees don’t respect how the military is run to begin with.
“Is our weapons procurement process so dysfunctional that we cannot do better? “
The number of problems with the system are legion. But I’d say the first and foremost problem is that every Congressman can diddle directly on each line item. The problem is who gets how much and when.