> I'm sure it could be a lot cheaper, usually government contracts are inflated.
That's a reasonable rule of thumb, but it's kind of funny to apply it to the weaponry of large scale modern militaries, since those almost certainly couldn't exist without the very governments that makes their costs inflated.
I think the GP is not saying the problem is with government - it's with the people who take government contracts and inflate the costs to take more money for themselves.
But then again I feel like to do deals with the govt it requires jumping through hoops.