US Army Expects Major War Within 5 Years
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US Army Expects Major War Within 5 Years
A bit of sabre-rattling might perhaps divert attention from the fact that the Army of the oo-ess-ay cannot manage their allocated budget?
But if that lunatic Trump is elected as Mr Pres., all bets are off.
But if that lunatic Trump is elected as Mr Pres., all bets are off.
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I love the film " Dr. Strangelove".
BEagle, the Army are indeed managing the allocated budget as they usually do, and as usual they have to provide reports to service secretaries on what expected readiness shortfalls are.
This happens every year, in times of good funding and bad.
I am not sure if you are familiar with Integrated Priority Lists, and "approved but zero funded" programs and procurement. I got very familiar with those things back in the 90's as funding went down but the OpTempo went up.
It's an old story. So, choices have to be made, which means some choices can't be made. Some of those choices reflect in changes to weapons system upgrades or acquisition. (For example, a few years ago the OH-50D was chosen for elimination top to bottom, which cut short an upgrade program). Who is concerned about this? Business. People who sell things.
Please pay attention to the disclaimer at the end of page 2 of Mr Thompson's piece. (Several of the Army’s equipment suppliers are contributors to my think tank and/or consulting clients.) Remember, this article was written for Forbes, which caters to business. Who is his audience for that piece? People who make money selling stuff to the Army.
This happens every year, in times of good funding and bad.
I am not sure if you are familiar with Integrated Priority Lists, and "approved but zero funded" programs and procurement. I got very familiar with those things back in the 90's as funding went down but the OpTempo went up.
It's an old story. So, choices have to be made, which means some choices can't be made. Some of those choices reflect in changes to weapons system upgrades or acquisition. (For example, a few years ago the OH-50D was chosen for elimination top to bottom, which cut short an upgrade program). Who is concerned about this? Business. People who sell things.
Please pay attention to the disclaimer at the end of page 2 of Mr Thompson's piece. (Several of the Army’s equipment suppliers are contributors to my think tank and/or consulting clients.) Remember, this article was written for Forbes, which caters to business. Who is his audience for that piece? People who make money selling stuff to the Army.
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LW, I don't think BEags was that far off from you. If the threat played up then you might get a budget uplift. As I said before the F15 procurement was based on the Backfire threat to CONUS. As the F15 entered service it happened that the Backfire threat was amended. I don't know if that was just happenstance or Machevallian.
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Hmm remember the joint services ex called Jade Helm which had started in October 15 and took over 6 months with no signs of Endex. - Back in March an American ex pat (father of friends of friends ) one night downtown was telling me about this.
He said it caused a lot of the populace in the south west states to be paranoid from CA to TX as everyone from active to National Guard, to Homeland Security mobilising like someone was going to march on the shores of Malibu beach or Imperial Beach!
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He said it caused a lot of the populace in the south west states to be paranoid from CA to TX as everyone from active to National Guard, to Homeland Security mobilising like someone was going to march on the shores of Malibu beach or Imperial Beach!
cheers
As we no longer have the Strategic Assets to fight two Wars at a time due to Budget Cuts and the wear and tear of Fifteen Years of War....we best pray we don't have any kind of a War at all.
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So it'll be wooden staves and shields at dawn, will it? Ah well, there's always those nukes as a backup if the USA looks like losing. (staves = plural of staff)
I would think the U.S. military is certainly considering the very high likelihood of a serious Korean stoush in the offing.
I would think the U.S. military is certainly considering the very high likelihood of a serious Korean stoush in the offing.
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Hmm remember the joint services ex called Jade Helm which had started in October 15 and took over 6 months with no signs of Endex.
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So it'll be wooden staves and shields at dawn, will it? Ah well, there's always those nukes as a backup if the USA looks like losing. (staves = plural of staff)
I would think the U.S. military is certainly considering the very high likelihood of a serious Korean stoush in the offing.
I would think the U.S. military is certainly considering the very high likelihood of a serious Korean stoush in the offing.
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I'm no strategic analyst - but I do get a whiff of BS about that.
Sounds more to me like the time-honoured ploy to get the great unwashed to do what they're bid.
Even relatively recent history tells us that.
Have a look at it..
North Korea is a joke.
China is not yet ready to do anything - it's just playing a game bullying its smaller neighbours to see what it can get away with.
If seriously confronted, it will pull its head in.
Vlad is not that stupid either - I hope.
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Sounds more to me like the time-honoured ploy to get the great unwashed to do what they're bid.
Even relatively recent history tells us that.
Have a look at it..
North Korea is a joke.
China is not yet ready to do anything - it's just playing a game bullying its smaller neighbours to see what it can get away with.
If seriously confronted, it will pull its head in.
Vlad is not that stupid either - I hope.
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How sane is the NK Leadership and how obedient is the NK Military?
Agreed. This will embolden him moving forward. No military repercussions for that, no military opposition beside local pushback for the rest of what he's doing in the Ukraine, questions about whether title 5 would really apply if Poland is next in the crosshairs.
The elements of a large war are in place and simmering.
The elements of a large war are in place and simmering.