Uh, Guys, We Really Should Think About Spending More on Defense
30th July 2023
The United States is in big trouble militarily. That’s the upshot of a new RAND publication called “Inflection Point”:
[I]t has become increasingly clear that the U.S. defense strategy and posture have become insolvent. The tasks that the nation expects its military forces and other elements of national power to do internationally greatly exceed the means that have become available to accomplish those tasks. Reversing this erosion will call for sustained, coordinated efforts by the United States, its allies, and its key partners[.]
Basically, the report says that the U.S. military’s technological superiority has mostly eroded, and to address that, we need to shift from projecting power to defending against attacks by other powers (i.e. China). RAND then gives a large number of concrete recommendations on how to change the U.S. military in order to do that. But transforming the military costs a lot of money; even if we don’t end up with a bigger military after the shift, getting from here to there will involve a lot of research, design, testing, and equipment purchasing.
July 30th, 2023 at 12:21
We have out spent the world on military wunderwaft and the army we raised funded and equipped in Ukraine is being crushed before our eyes by a country our leaders termed a gas station masquerading as a country.. SPEND MOAR. Yeah right, nothing like insanity to fix all. The emperor has no clothes and the plebes are blind and brainwashed. A good combination for stumbling into WW-3.
July 30th, 2023 at 18:02
Our defense, not that of foreigners.