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The U.S. military and its weapons are regularly hyped in 'western' media. But it has long been clear to (non-U.S.) experts that U.S. military technology is not superior to that of other countries. In several important fields Russian, Chinese and even Indian build weapons have much better capabilities. The reason is simple. U.S. weapons are not developed or built with a real strategic need in mind. They don't get developed for achieving the most effect in an existential war against a capable...

Has the US lost it? Expert in military and materials science and former USSR naval officer Andrei Martyanov explains why so.John Bolton, notwithstanding.Reminiscence of the FutureReality Check. Andrei MartyanovSee alsoFort Russ NewsRussia is ahead of US in hypersonic technologies, experts sayPaul Antonopoulos

"Private enterprise" and "the free market" at work. Ain't capitalism grand.CounterpunchVicious Cycle: The Pentagon Creates Tech Giants and Then Buys their Services T. J. Cole

… the main task today remains to prevent a global war, which is increasingly seen in the US by some as the only way to avoid a day of reckoning. Needless to say, this war is seen as possible in the US by people who have zero knowledge and qualifications in serious military issues and it is not a bad idea to keep reminding all kinds of neocon trash which runs Empire today from their comfy country clubs and offices that many of them will have their own personal conventional 3M14 or X-101 with...

The report notes that the United States now faces five rising challenges—China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and transnational terrorism—yet has fewer military forces than at any time since the end of World War II. “Simply put,” it observes, “the United States needs a larger force than it has today if it is to meet the objectives of the strategy.”... Message: The US needs to spend more on military — a lot more.The National InterestWhy the U.S. Military Is In Serious Trouble Army Lt. Gen....

What passes for US military strategy.Reminiscence of the FutureCutting Empire To Size, Or Yet Another "National Security" CrisisAndrei MartyanovAndrei Martyanov cites this. It's a must read. Gripping account.We Are The MightyThat time a Marine general led a fictional Iran against the US military – and won Blake StilwellSee also This year, the US has started to stress its intention of withdrawing from the 1987 INF Treaty not just because of Russia’s alleged non-compliance with it, but also...

Fighting Russia, China and al-Qaeda simultaneously requires more money The Unz ReviewAmerica Goes to War Philip Giraldi, former CIA counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer, now Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest and founding member of the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity see alsoThe National InterestRussia Says It Will Soon Deploy Mach 20 Avangard Hypersonic Weapon Michael Peckalso TASSWashington playing with the devil:...

Pepe Escobar draws out the implications of Andrei Martyanov's Losing Military Supremacy: The Myopia of American Strategic Planning. What Martyanov describes as “the deadly combination of contemporary American elites’ ignorance, hubris and desperation,” though, cannot be underestimated. Already during his election campaign, Trump announced multiple times that he would contest the post-Cold War international (dis)order. Helsinki was a graphic demonstration that now Trump’s “drain the...

How to explain this paradox of a superb military that never gets the job done? Let me suggest that the problem lies with the present-day US military system, the principles to which the nation adheres in raising, organizing, supporting, and employing its armed forces. By its very existence, a military system expresses an implicit contract among the state, the people, and the military itself. Here, as I see it, are the principles — seven in all — that define the prevailing military system of...

Back in 1987 a reporter interviewed Mike Tyson about his upcoming fight with Evander Holyfield. The reporter asked Mike if he was worried about Evander and his fight plan. Mike famously replied,”Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” That thought came to mind when I read the latest plan articulated by a Pentagon spokesman for our military forces in eastern Syria.... Sic Semper Tyrannis Waiting for the punch in the mouth TTGalso The immediate consequence of Trump’s...