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So, over the last year I have gottena a ton of cope over the US military. The Navy and Airforce getting the most cope of the bunch. Don't get me wrong there's a fair amount of established doctrine in place that is competent, but I ALWAYS hear people fall back on our "Technology'. Most of our equipment is modernized stuff out of the 80s now. Not too disimilar to places like Russia. But really IF our tech was so good why do we have questionable programs like the F35 and LCS.
3.) People forget too that the whole military is not one whole amorphpus blob that can deploy in one location to fight. No, the military is understaffed, standards lowered, and spread thin across the globe. With 3 MAJOR regions of influence at risk. Eastern Europe, Middle East, and East Asia. Lots for the US to handle all while domestic issues boil still.
@FinalDresdonation These questionable projects hide the money for the real R&D into Time travel technology
Cost overrun programs with largely unproven outcomes. Some withbmany mixed results.