[colechristensen]

> I bet even the almighty US cannot certify that most of their tech is built at home.

It's not as hard as you think, the contracts and governing laws are big and complicated governing who can do what and know what which is part of why things are so expensive.

The primary business of being a defense contractor isn't building things, it's interacting with the government and farming out work to other companies. A whole lot of that is just compliance.