We talked for years about high-low mix, but the money and hence the lobbying always went to the high mix, as did the jobs - parceled out to various states and countries to assure maximum political support which - unfortunately - always drives the cost of the high mix higher while increasing supply chain vulnerabilities. Then as if we didn’t already know what this does to the economics and time schedule for weapons procurement, Congress adds investigates and adds new paperwork and oversight requirements to further complicate the process. Then “saves” money by decreasing the numbers of the high mix items (driving up their unit costs) quietly dropping the low mix (and arguably more cost effective) items altogether.