Nothing new really. You should read up on the state of the Navy in 1941 just before Pearl Harbour. Or just before Korea in 1950. Armies are in a boom and bust

Nothing new really. You should read up on the state of the Navy in 1941 just before Pearl Harbour. Or just before Korea in 1950. Armies are in a boom and bust cycle. When the last war is over they lose their funding and priority over other stuff. Until the next war begins.