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The primary responsibility of a national government is to provide for the common defense, but U.S. lawmakers are failing. Facing growing threats fromand President-elect Donald Trump must spend whatever it takes to bolster weapons supplies and recruitment of personnel to wield thoseif a “full-scale war” broke out with China.
Those aren’t the only challenges to the Pentagon’s ability to fight wars, even though, on paper, the U.S. continues to enjoy technological advantages. As theand other weaponry onto ships deployed half a world away. The challenge is daunting. In heavy fighting, big warships could run short of “vital ammunition within days, or maybe hours.
Alas, Cropsey notes that America’s submarine fleet, which would bear the brunt of operations in a Pacific war, “is in disrepair,” even as it loses size, one sub a year with net attrition. U.S. missiles “are in short supply,” and production “will not be at full scale until the late 2020s.”All this means the U.S. should start spending massively on recruiting, retention, and equipment. This doesn’t mean the net defense spending should simply grow.
The best way to ensure peace is to be strong enough that, from the start, foreign warmongers will be deterred from aggression.
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