I mean, there's certainly some of that happening right now (and has probably always happened to some degree even in America). That being said, I think these sp

I mean, there's certainly some of that happening right now (and has probably always happened to some degree even in America). That being said, I think these specific cuts have a real possibility of being genuine. I believe this because: * They actually do align with long-term thinking. In general, the DoD (and the federal government... and really all North American government as a whole) has been on a multi-decade slide of out sourcing more and more capabilities to consultancies. This HAS made us all worse at governing. Hegseth (for better and worse) has the cover to make this type of cut while riding out whatever bumps might come out of this. * Hegseth also needs to create cover. He's probably about to get a giant budget increase (~900billion to an even trillion). Actions like this allow him to backup his claim that yes - America is spending more on defense, but we're doing so better. That said, who knows how this specific case will end up.