it's all about space, satellites, and who can put them down first. i'd love to see a few thousand low end, low tech airplanes in reserve, rather than one f-35, for the same cost, should God help us, our sats go out before they can launch whatever kind of offensive, maybe have a few of your reactor plants overheat and dams break via hacking first as a distraction, or two cleverly aimed emps.
maybe those non internet connected 8 inch floppy drive nukes might be a God send should the worst happen, but then you are still counting on a human to launch, not an easy thing i would guess.
dangerous times for sure, spun anyway it can be, now lowering even the "press" core to their lowest ratings ever at 31-32% approval. The majority of your country thinks you are being fed daily crap sandwiches, never thought i would see it. lying down to a science, no accountablity, blame someone else, keep repeating your lies until they seem like truth, school your lackies to not even show up for a congressional summons, get your "narrative straight before even commenting, reward well those that lie for you, including your "in bed" news corps,
arlington is full of folks rolling over in their graves, that they died for this.....