STEM dominance

April 14, 2026

If ever there was a clear indicator of the rise and fall of empires in the current world this is it. The F35 program in the US is estimated to have a lifetime cost of $1.5 trillion, being the by far most expensive military project ever undertaken in the world, and has taken the US 33 years to develop to it’s current state, which is still unfinished. Its stealth technology made it the primary US weapon for attacking many countries over the last two decades.

Meanwhile China has been spending its trillions on developing a vast STEM trained workforce of tens of millions. The end result of these developments is that Chinese highly qualified amateurs are identifying the remaining problems with that advanced technology and are developing low cost ways of overcoming it.

This, along with the development of drone and missile technologies that are minimal cost ways of defeating the massively expensive products of the US military-industrial complex, has created a vast cost differential that renders much of that advanced US weaponry unaffordable in a significant conflict. The US no longer possesses the power to dominate the world! For that the world is grateful!!!!