>>509567779
>Very interesting article written by Pentagon guy who was responsible for military orders and innovation.
>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/empty-arsenal-democracy-michael-brown
>In short:
>- A Pacific conflict needs 5,000 long-range missiles weekly, but U.S. stockpiles, only in the tens of thousands, would deplete in weeks. Entire US stockpiles of long range missiles contains around 30k missiles, meanwhile Russia alone fired 12k similar missiles only in years 2023-2025. Ukraine aid consumed a year’s 155mm shell production (14,000/month) in weeks, while Russia produces 3M shells yearly.
>- U.S. Navy ships (avg. age >20 years) and aircraft are older than China’s. China’s navy (370+ ships) surpasses the U.S.’s 290, with newer vessels. Production capacity of Chinese shipyards are x400 bigger than American ones.
>- The U.S. imports one-third of energetics materials, including from China, relying on outdated WWII-era factories. China and Russia use modernized facilities, leveraging U.S. research.
>- China leads in affordable drones, while the U.S. struggles to scale commercial tech (e.g., AI, autonomy) for military use
>These gaps -low stockpiles, aging assets, foreign reliance, and tech lags - expose U.S. unpreparedness for great-power conflict even against Russia, not to mention China.

Yeah, the libertarians always ahead of everybody else were posting here saying as much, especially a week before the Ukraine invasion, which one of them called to the hour.

Then people saying they were mid-level Pentagon/military types started saying the same thing here for a while a year later. There was then a little press coverage.

Now FA takes notice and it's suddenly news.

Zombie commie policies de-industrialized small fabrication, shipbuilding, small arms manufacture and tinkerer culture in the US.

>>508243535

WHAT is the legal basis of this bombing besides the Iranian leaders being anti-US loudmouths?


How is this different from Putin attacking Ukraine?