WASHINGTON — Years of kicking the can on modernization are finally coming due for the Pentagon at a time when the Biden administration faces major pressures to draw down the defense budget, creating a nasty situation across all branches of the military.
That’s the warning of a new report from Mackenzie Eaglen and Hallie Coyne of the American Enterprise Institute, who says the DoD had best prepare for the reality of the “Terrible ’20s” ahead.
Unlike many think-tank reports, the authors say up front that they will not offer a list of programs to cut.
Instead, the report goes deep on the history, current status and future plans for a myriad of Army, Navy, Marine and Air Force programs to provide an “unvarnished” view for the Biden administration about modernization challenges ahead, and how the military has ended up in its current predicament.
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Update: Think Tank Urges Pentagon to Face ‘Unvarnished Reality’ of Coming Budget ‘Modernization Crunch’ (Sputnik)
WNU Editor: The report is here .... The 2020s Tri-Service Modernization Crunch (AEI).
2 comments:
A nation that spends 3.7% of GDP on defense and wants to draw down is an idiot nation.
A nation that does not treat Defense, Medicare, and social security the same way is an idiot nation.
Medicare and Social Security are mandatory spending per some asswipe judges and defense is not?
Defense is more important than medicare or social security. If you do not live to your golden years than money spent on those program is a waste.
The same people, who shit their pants on TV, Swalwell and Nadler, are the same complete and utter idiots, who made Americans gain 10 or 15 pounds in a year. They cared so much that they locked everyone up, because of COVID. But these same monkeys are going to fix health and retirement=. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhtt!
Nice
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