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> Now is not the time for cuts. Why do you think that? I would think the technological advantage the US military currently has doesn’t need more money to maint

• Spooky23 2y ago
  25 years of warfare have taken their toll. Most of the airframes are in their twilight years. The Navy is in a conundrum... the surface fleet strategy is probably not strategically sound, and we slowed down submarine production at one point so many of those assets are also aging and in need of maintenance. The Ukraine war is full of learnings that should be driving transformation and investment. Reality is that a rogue billionaire could probably build drones that could threaten strategic military assets in the field. As time goes on, that capability will likely get cheaper and better.
• mulmen 2y ago
  You are missing: The technological edge is unknown against a near peer. Any edge has a non-zero maintenance cost. Adversaries are not going to stop improving their capabilities so any advantage naturally decays. The US Military directly employs a couple million people. Our current military industrial complex is highly reliant on free trade agreements with allies.
• 9283409232 2y ago
  The US does not have a technological advantage. This is the type of American Exceptionalism that needs to die. If we got into a full-scale war with China, we would lose. A big part of the US military strength is the logistical network with allies that Trump is systematically destroying.
• rayiner 2y ago
  Because the “rules based international order” is a god that requires regular sacrifices of american blood and treasure.
• mmooss 2y ago
  Where do you see technological advantage over China? There is some, but not in everything and not by the large margins the US was accustomed to.