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https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-us-global-war-weapons-race/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
The deficit of basic materiel and dearth of capacity to make it reflects a wider problem: The US no longer focuses on making everyday things, even things that can be critical in a crisis. When Covid-19 struck, the race was on to produce more cotton swabs and ventilators. Shortages of auto parts, generic drugs, baby formula and other common goods have become more frequent.
I mean has America put winning a war first since WW2?
If I remember correctly in Korea, American soldiers were trained to fight alongside tanks, but then the MIC couldn’t provide tanks, because the hot commodity was Air Force bombers and nukes. Almost all small arms weapons were just surplus or restocked from WW2. This made the ground forces training essentially worthless and caused the highest casualty rate per day in an American war.