Do you remember all the negative articles in the press about the Apache helicoptors prior to Desert Storm?
Or how about all of the negative press about the Abrams tank, both during testing and prior to DESERT STORM.
There are a whole lot of weapons systems out there that didn't work during the testing phases or that didn't have kinks in them in early production phases.
But, hey, we could always go back to the Stuart tank, the Brewster Buffalo, or the M1 Garand, right?
Yes, but this isn't about that. This is about a systems program that has gone off track. The platform itself isn't the issue as much as the timeline to get it into force, and overcoming the scrutiny of the SecDef.