>>14153789You got to keep the industry alive. In the end, somewhat important powers like France will have payloads it'll never want to see in the hands of other powers, even nominal allies.
We have seen it in the US military when they cancelled F-22 before it's time only to realize a few years later that it was a mistake - the study showed they would be better off building next generation fighter. Same story with Arleigh burke class restart - getting all that tooling, all those people and all the parts in the right places was a major, major pain.
