In the year 2054, the entire defense budget will purchase just one aircraft. This aircraft will have to be shared by the Air Force and Navy 3-1/2 days per week, except for leap year, when it will be made available to the Marines for the extra day.
(From Joseph Tainter)
Diminishing returns to complexity. Drones would, of course, be one way of addressing this phenomenon.
In the year 2054, the entire defense budget will purchase just one aircraft. This aircraft will have to be shared by the Air Force and Navy 3-1/2 days per week, except for leap year, when it will be made available to the Marines for the extra day.
(From Joseph Tainter)
Diminishing returns to complexity. Drones would, of course, be one way of addressing this phenomenon.