The U.S. military either has the size, readiness, and equipment it needs to win in war, or it doesn’t. The consequences, in either case, are extraordinary.

Sobering analysis from Dakota Wood: America and Its Allies are Unprepared for the Next Great War https://bit.ly/3hk8SzN 

The condition of today’s U.S. military is worrisome. It’s not that U.S. warriors lack will or skill, but most of their tools (ships, aircraft, tanks, and such) are old and deficient in numbers.

Most major equipment was bought in the 1980s and 1990s.

The Navy has shrunk to nearly half the size it was thirty years ago, while the Air Force’s flight time for its pilots would have made them non-deployable during the Cold War.

The Army has made substantial progress with the readiness of its units, but it simply doesn’t have enough units to do all that may be asked to do.

The same goes for the Marine Corps, which has opted to shrink in size to free up the money needed to develop the capabilities it will need for the next war.

None of this would be a problem if the United States wasn’t faced with significant threats, but it is.

Competitors have spent the past twenty years investing in their militaries with new equipment, cutting-edge technologies, and serious force development witnessed in their training exercises and new skills.