Originally Posted by
Asturias56
Hard to see the money going to be available for long distance cruises when everyone agrees the Army will need massive investment in the light of Ukraine.
Why do people think the Army needs a big investment? The Russian threat was clearly overestimated. Also, the innovations apparent from the Ukraine war are forcing serious reappraisals of existing doctrines.
Presumably the military budget planners will want to take those lessons into full account, which argues against any sudden spending binge..