I heard the other day that the U.S. Air Force is lookin'...

..... for $170 Billion extra tax dollars to modernize their old fleet of fighters and bombers. I am reminded of the story.....

When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to 300°C.

..............................The Russians used a pencil...!.

Duhh!