Cancel 2018.1 (03-23-2018)
OK where?
nukes?
NATO?
counter-terrorism?
stealth development?
SWARM technology?
F-35? (which is finally starting to fly well)
robotic ships?
space weapon development?
we could leave afghanistan, although that would bring condition back to pre-911
whats your plan? I've given you mine - detente with Russia would be a great relief
no. not even close.
hi tech military means paying for personnel costs. when we lose experiences pilot for ex, we have to get new ones trained from scratch. Sequestor hit salaries hard.
Waste and fraud is endemic with huge organizations,and that's a good place to look - but it's not enough to reduce costs of our far flung obligations,and continuing to develop high teck.
Our strategy is to win with stealth and high tech. China's is to"swarm" our defenses
How could this be when the US spends more than any other country on the military.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmc...6-infographic/
tsuke (03-24-2018)
Skilled diplomats and a sane foreign policy could save billions of dollars of military expenditure.
Those that spend the most are lacking in both areas
" First they came for the journalists...
We don't know what happened after that . "
Maria Ressa.
This is a very good list. I was going to make this point without this but this just strengthens it.
The misconception is that the US is far outspending its adversaries. In reality the cost of things in China and the cost of things in the US make up a lot of that ground. Im frankly shocked China is spending 1/4 of what the US is. I thought it was something like 1/8 or 1/10th. At 1/4th they are definetly spending more than the US in real terms. Just consider how much a US private is paid as opposed to a chinese private. Now consider that they spend next to nothing on foreign deployments as well.
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