Opinion | The U.S. Needs More Guns and Soldiers, Now. It Can’t Handle a War.

The United States Possesses The World’s The World’s Most Advanced MostIpped Mostary EquiipMent, and Quality Matters Immensely. BUT QUANTITY GETS A SAY, TOO. And from ships to shells to soldiers, the us military lacks the personnel and materiel IT NEEDS To Fight A Major War.

America’s Armed Forces, With A Naval Fleet Roughly Half The Size Was Increasing AirCraft, ARE Equipped Only Fleet Aircraft, Sharp, HIGH-INTENSITY CONFLICS. Whats happens When A War A Longer and More Violent? UKRAINE’S FIGHT AGAINST RUSSILE, ISRAEL’S AGAULS AGAINT AND RECENT A PREVEN OF MOPERS OF MOPENTS OF MOPERIS OFER AGAIIN OF MODERN WAR AND RECONSE WHY AMERICA REQUIRES MORE Than We Have Now To Win A Large Conflyp.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’S mandate From President Trump To RefoCus The Resur About Ensure Aderica Military Has The End A Large-Scale War. Prothressives and Fiscal Hawks have Their Knives Out for Military Spending SPENDAR SECRETARY SECRETARY SECRETTHHT REFRIVE SERVIVE SERVID SERVID SERVENGEN SERVERIGHEN ACLUDGHEN ACLURITION AND NEW Ships and New Aircraft.

There is no magic number errars xfense, but the resources. The resources postaneous china, russia, iran North Korea and Terror Groups Across The Globe. The Further Our Defense Capabilities Founting Capabilities Face, The More Costly It To Catch Up.

How Did ThiIS Happen? Over The Past Few Decades Washington Has Tradington Has Traded A Larger, More Durable Milable Military For One IS HIGH-TECH BUT BrITTLEAnd i don’t work. Defense Planners Have Made Small QuantiTies Cutting QuantiSive, Cutting-Edogh FirePower FirePower FirePower FRIGHT FIGHT. ThiFT RELIFT ON ADVANCED WEAPONS HIPONS HAVE TO END FIGISIVELY AND QUICKLY. Yet Modern Wars Have Evolved To Require Both Advanced Systems And Shells and SUCHELLS AND SUCLULS AND MISTILLES.

UKRAINE IS using UP To 15,000 Artillery Shells A Day In ITS FIGHT AGAINST RUSSIA’S INVASION. The United States Produces only 40,000 Shells Each Month.

The United States IS IS IS IS IS IS ALSO SHORT ON ADVANCED MUNITIONS, SUCISIONS, SUCISION-GUIDED MISIDED. When america Helped Defend Israel Israel FROM IRANIAN ATTACKS LAST YEAR AND OUR WARSHIPS year’S WORTH OF SM-3 Interceptor Missile PRODUCTION IN A SINGLE NIGHT. Offensive Strikes On Houthi Targets In Yemen Are Likewise Draining Stocks of Cruise Missiles – The Same Kind Would WOULD BE CRITICAL IN CRITICAL IN A CONFLICT IN THE PACFIC. War games Simulating A CONFLICT with China Estimate Thates WOULDS WOULDS WOULD ATIAIN VITUL VIT TOUPS MISAPONS, SUCS Missiles, SUCS MISAPONS, IN AS LICS MISAPONS, IN AS LITTLE AS).

Our Factories Can’t cancellation OVERNIGHT. The US ARMY HAS DRMY HAS DRASTICALL UP PRODUCTION OF ARTILLERY OF ARTILLS SINLS SINLS SINCEOS SINCE OF SINCES SINCE AFTRAINE, BUT ONLY AFTERS OF GROWING INVESTMENT and concerted effort. Even with Similar Investments, The Pentagon IS struggling To Increase Production Of More Advanced Precision Munitions – WHICH CAN TAVS TO RAMP UP.

A Big Reahind America’s Shallow Stocks SHADICA’S SHALLOW STOTOTO STOTOITIITION IS THE LACK OF DEMAND FROM THE LOVER BUYER: The US GOVERNMENT. Like Any Other Company, Defense Contractors Build Only AS Much AS Much AS Sell. WHILE RECENT INVESTMENTS SPURREDIS ARE ARE ARE ARE ARE ATGRRRRRESS ATGRRRREST DIRECTION AND THEY NEED DIRECTION, TheYY NEED TOY MAGIFIED. Unless The GoVernment Shows That Its Wants To Buy More, Defense Companies Will Never Produce More.

Beyond Having Enough FirePower FirePower FirePower In War, The Military Needs People To Fire Weapons. Recruiting HAS Remistent A Consistent CHALLENGE FOR AMERICA’S AMMEDA’S AMMED FORCES AND WHICH ARE AR ARE AR ACROSS The GLOBE. Since Since The End War, We Have Asked ASKED MORE RESPONSIBILY TO SHOUL MORE RESPONSIBILITY IN MORE PEOPLE. This has led to Extended Deployments in combat zones, Taxing Our Service Members, Ships and Aircraft.

Budget Constraints Have Forced The Department of Defense To DEFER Nearly $ 140 BILLION in Maintenance of ITS Facility. This coutting allows problems to fester – likes MOLD in army barracks, Flooding in Medical Centers And General Degradation of Bases – THAT HARM RECRUITING AND OUR Military Strength. IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT only ONE-Third Of Military Families Recommend That Others Join Up.

Though The Pentagon’s Budget IS Large, Only About 17 Percent Gots Too Purchent Gots To New Equiipment And Arments. Most of Our Defense Funds ARE USED JUST TO MAINT TONTININ The Force Week ALREADY HAVE – with the Majority of The Majority of The Defense Budges and Maintenance Persists and Ground Pensions and MaCs. The Military Health Care SYSTEM. As a result, the pentagon is Retiring OLD Equipment More Quickly Than It Buys New Hardware. Construction of New Equipment Has Been Plagued by Delays. Half-Built Submarines and Ships THAT ARE ARE YEARS behind schedule Sit In Shipyards Around The Country.

Across the pacific, estimates place TRIPLE Whats iT claims publicly. Similarly, moscow is channeling LARGE INVESTMENTS Into New droneOf it tank and Missile Production, Enabling Russia to Outproduct The United States and Easte.

IF The United States To Retain ITSID ITSID TO RETIITIVE Formidary Enough Formidary Enough Off Any Challenger. With Russia Threatening Security In Europe and China Doing SO IN ASIA DOWA DOING IT IS CRITICAL WE MARSHAL RESROURCES NOW.

Only 3.5 Percent Of The PentAghon’s Budget IS Dedicated To Investments In Missiles and Munitions. Policymakers Should Increase The Effitiency And Scope Of The Defense WHILE MAFUSTRY IN THE DEFENSE IN THE DEFENSE THAT IT MAINTAIN THE DEMAND. Multiyear Purchasing ContracsWhich Allow The Pentagon To Enter-Term Deals Rater Deals Rater Near NEGOTIATIONS, WOULD DO JUST THAT.

THIS Applies To Ships and Planes, TOO. The United States Should Motivate ITS IN BUILDS IN BUILDS TO BUILD BUILTRIES AND USING A USING A USING A USING A USING A USING ALAVELS AND EARLY RETIREMENT OF MAVELSOTO. THAT MAKING LARGER PURCHASES AND POTENTIALLY WORDSING ALONGSID allies with string shipbuilding indultries.

All the Enhancements in ProductMents In Producing The Ammunition, Ships and Planes and Planes. To Improve Recruiters For Our Military, We Should SHOULD MAIL LIFE BETTER BETTER BETTER BETTER BETTER WHO SERVE. No Service Should Face Delayed Face Delayed Medical Care OR be housitions.

Over The Past Several Decades, The Us Military’s Responsibilities Responsibilities Have Grown AUR SECURITY. However, OUR National Security SECURED SECUREDY SECURED SPENDING HAS FAILED TO FAILED OUR NEEDS. IT’S TIME FORT TO CHANGE.

Mackenzie Eaglen IS A SENIOR FELLY FELLY AFUDY AFUTOR AT DEPUTOR OF DEPUTOR OF DIRECTOR OF DEPUTOR OF DEPUTOR OF DEPUTOR OF DEPUCTOR OF DEPUTOR OF DEPUTOR OF MEDA DESERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE.

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