This reminds me of the stories of industrial improvisation in WW2. Casablanca-class escort carriers and hundreds of other successful kludges changed history. A

This reminds me of the stories of industrial improvisation in WW2. Casablanca-class escort carriers and hundreds of other successful kludges changed history. A few lines from the paper stand out to me: * "A lack of transparency." How much transparency do you expect from military R&D, since that would give away US military secrets? I recall stories of the Soviets copying the US AIM-9 Sidewinder to create their K-13 Atoll. Military secrets need to be secret. * "Multi-Year Big Tech Software Contracts Could Lead to Dangerous Dependence on the Private Sector" The US Army does not build tanks. They buy them and maintain them. Even then, most maintenance is done by civilian contractors. * "grandiose claims about the effectiveness of artificial intelligence" I suspect AI will change warfare forever. Humans freak out under fire, AIs may not. A semi-competent person under fire is a rare gem that you treasure. * "overestimation of China’s military and technological capabilities" I would rather overestimate my opponent than underestimate them. Underestimating a military opponent is usually a fatal mistake. * "the idea that America has the ability and duty to protect the world’s democratic societies" The deployment of the US Military in the last century has mostly been to protect other countries. We can debate how democratic many of those countries were, but protecting other countries is the most common use case of the US Military. The last two times we let someone bomb US territory was either 911 or WW2 in the Pacific. If you have to fight, it may be preferable to defend Taiwan rather than Hawaii. * "a steadfast belief that the best way to preserve U.S. dominance is through a free market that prioritizes corporate needs" A strong economy that could not be bombed by the enemy won WW2 for the US. A strong economy won the Cold War for the US. If anyone has counter-examples, I'd like to see them. I'm no fan of the US Military; I'd disband the entire US Army and Marine Corps. But this author is just anti-American. Let's look this guy up..."Roberto J. González | Department of Anthropology - San José State University in California." He's strongly linked to https://equaljusticesociety.org https://equaljusticesociety.org "The Equal Justice Society (EJS), California Black Power Network (CBPN), and six former members of the California Reparations Task Force ... formed a new collaboration called the Alliance for Reparations, Reconciliation, and Truth." I will not elaborate on the FARA implications.