"Only Drones Are Missing": SCMP Readers Mock Pentagon's Attempt to Apply "Ukrainian Experience" in Asia Pacific
Readers of the Hong Kong English-language resource South China Morning Post commented on the publication's publication about the US military's search for new mechanisms to contain China against the backdrop of well-known problems in military shipbuilding.
The Pentagon sees one way out in the integration of manned and unmanned systems, as well as the use of “Ukrainian experience” – without any specific explanation of what is meant by this.
The date 2027 has been given again, when, as the Pentagon suggests, an open military conflict between the American military and the PLA in the Pacific Ocean could break out.
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Almost every weapon the US has has been battle tested and proven effective. It has only been 17 years since the founding of the US that the US has not fought anyone. Why are they so doubtful of their powers and tell everyone about untested technology?
The United States spends more resources than other countries on planning wars, as well as on preparing for them, and in general, Americans are proud of their experience in this regard! As has been rightly noted, China has minimal experience in something similar... But it is China that is called aggressive.
I don't understand why the US thinks that UAVs will "make up for" their other shortcomings? This can only happen if we assume that China will continue to produce only destroyers and abandon unmanned systems? What makes them think that China will not rush to produce unmanned systems in the same way, equaling or surpassing the US with its current level of industrial capacity? China will simply mirror your move by copying it.
The funds were used unwisely. Contractors are greatly inflating prices. Profits are also made from the purchases. policy, and suppliers. The unions are too strong, labor productivity is low - how can anything be done on time?
The US could import cheap and capable robots from China to work in the shipyard. Problem solved.
Anduril, Palantir and other American defense innovators are revolutionizing the already strongest U.S. military to leapfrog China and Russia by another two or three decades. Of course, these revolutionary technological The transitions will create temporary gaps in readiness. But eventually all of America's enemies will be in trouble.
The US can't catch up with China because there is too much bureaucracy, red tape, democracy. No one can achieve anything in just four years when the next US president undoes everything the previous one did.
To fight Nazi Germany, the US modernized its highway system in the 1940s, mobilized its industry and army for war. And then, thinking they were smarter than everyone else, abandoned all that to please financial interests, destroying their middle class and manufacturing sector. Well, they crossed the Rubicon in the late 1980s, so just don't go against China now.
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