makranman
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similar thing happened in the UK. many companies died in the cold war. the same thing will happen in all other countries in near future. Mikoyan is already dying, similar thing will happen to some of chinese companies in future, when they slow down their spending.Over the last 50 years, the U.S. industrial base has dwindled from 10 manufacturers capable of building an advanced fighter to only three defense companies: Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Northrop Grumman. The time it takes the Air Force to move a new fighter from research and development to full-rate production has stretched from a matter of years to multiple decades.
I have not read companies public statements and think tank documents about future of warfare, but it is not really strange if one of those 3 US giants are dead in 30 years.
It IS NOT indicative of bigger problems at all. instead it is a change in Technology and R&D costs. developing a new chip will run companies 100s of millions of $s. similar costs for other high tech stuff.
also not many countries have access to unlimited free workforce (Iran: with military service) OR unlimited money (US: with dollar). so they can not waste their money or workforce active time. every thing need to be counted. EVERYTHING!