Gee Poohbah, why does the military even try to develop new systems? It seems like every time a new one is announced, the "experts" come out and tell us how worthless it is.
I remember experts like these telling us that the Apache was a death trap and the development of the M1 was useless because the tank was obsolete.
Dang, we should have listened to them. ;-)
Cae in point - the FB-111. Yes, there were bugs - but it turned into a damn fine airframe with a lot of versatility for a lot of different missions.