There's talk about electricity generation being 1GW for next-gen airplanes.
That's minor considering the available output of multiple engines
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There's talk about electricity generation being 1GW for next-gen airplanes.
That's minor considering the available output of multiple engines
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The American system has problems, but those problems do not make up the Big Problem in dealing with China. The big problem for the United States in dealing with China... is China.
Internal improvements and reforms are clearly worthy goals, but they don't change the underlying picture. The Littoral Combat Ship may be a punchline, but the hypothetical alternative of a well-conceived and well-executed frigate program doesn't do much to move the needle either. In the evolving balance of power between the United States and China, the pivot point lies well west of Hawaii. It's China that has changed in recent decades, China that is changing today, and China that has the greater capacity for future change, at least in the medium-term. What is or isn't happening in the United States is important, but it is decidedly secondary to what is or isn't happening in China.
Of course, there is always the dream of obtaining technological advantages that both (a) translate to a decisive edge in national capabilities and (b) cannot be replicated by the adversary within a reasonable timeframe or at scale (see: VLO), but the prospects for such things are limited and diminishing.
The success or otherwise of the B-21 Raider will be determined by production numbers. It's not about the unprecedented capabilities of the individual aircraft, but the aggregate capability embodied in the envisioned future inventory.
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And this Chinese advantage wouldn't even exist if the US didn't insist on trying to fight a war in the Western Pacific where they're at a huge disadvantage! If the fight were to take some place else like the Eastern Pacific or the Indian Ocean then the advantage would flip.
I think that this is part and parcel of the curse: if China was more belligerent or if there was any other country capable of putting up a credible threat there would be impetus at the Pentagon to start identifying problems and fixing them. But as neither is the case, all the command officers are going to make sure to not rock the boat and let some else deal with the mess. Simultaneously, everyone out there can tell that the entire American military system has deep underlying problems so it just makes them look bad.
MAGA "influencers" are publicly demanding the termination — if not prosecution — of active duty US military officers and senior NCOs for thoughtcrimes against the recently canonized Charlie Kirk.
In one instance, an active duty lieutenant colonel drew the ire of virtue signaling Kirk mourners for merely quoting Saint Charlie:
As America is a GREAT™ and flourishing democracy, the powers that be — including Hegseth — have not only taken notice, but have promised "zero tolerance" against the blasphemous counter-revolutionaries in uniform:
Hooah!
In one instance, an active duty lieutenant colonel drew the ire of virtue signaling Kirk mourners for merely quoting Saint Charlie:
As America is a GREAT™ and flourishing democracy, the powers that be — including Hegseth — have not only taken notice, but have promised "zero tolerance" against the blasphemous counter-revolutionaries in uniform:
Hooah!
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MAGA "influencers" are publicly demanding the termination — if not prosecution — of active duty US military officers and senior NCOs for thoughtcrimes against the recently canonized Charlie Kirk.
In one instance, an active duty lieutenant colonel drew the ire of virtue signaling Kirk mourners for merely quoting Saint Charlie:
As America is a GREAT™ and flourishing democracy, the powers that be — including Hegseth — have not only taken notice, but have promised "zero tolerance" against the blasphemous counter-revolutionaries in uniform:
Hooah!
What if they defect to the SeeSeePee with sensitive state secrets like how many bottles of liquor Hegseth consumes on a weekly basis?
The "funny thing" is some of the DoD counter-revolutionaries currently being targeted for thoughtcrimes against Saint Charlie Kirk are almost certainly privy to legitimate and impactful secrets, rather than mere open secrets.
USAF SMSgt sports a senior parachutist badge, which is extremely rare outside of the AFSOC community.
US Army Major is both tabbed and scrolled, which means she likely belonged or belongs to a SMU (e.g. JREG, G Squadron, etc) or secret squirrel shit like INSCOM's Great Skill program (or whatever it's called now).
These are the sort of defectors that the MSS would absolutely love to recruit.
If they defect it wouldn’t even be treason since they can say that they want to restore democracy and rule of law to the U.S. after Trump started doing blatantly illegal things to seize power.
If I'm to be serious (for once), it's unlikely a future US administration will embrace such a forgiving position unless they're also prepared to declare China a (assuming NATO will even "be a thing" come January 2029), if not .
Though there is the possibility that some of the un-American counter-revolutionaries blaspheming Saint Charlie — namely — are trying to pull a : the light bird fired by the Biden administration for in 2021, only to be elevated to the position of under the second Trump administration in 2025.
However, while there is definitely ambitious, her counter-revolutionary rhetoric against Saint Charlie may have been too Jesus centric — if not outright cowardly — to ferment a media spectacle to the benefit of her would be political ambitions:
Regardless and inshallah, the honorable Pete Hegseth — who to the best of my knowledge is just a (and I write that as someone who enjoys and as much as the Secretary of War, if not more) — will "do the right thing!"
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