The decentralization of violence is relentless and is changing the face of war. From Matthew Van Wagenen and Arnel P. David at realclearwire.com:
An axis of aggressors has embarked on a new strategy to defeat the West: relentless attacks with inexpensive weapons, produced at scale, to provoke a global response. Western militaries, which cling to outdated and excessively expensive weapon systems and platforms (that take too long to develop and replenish, and regularly exceed their budgets), are being systematically bled dry.
In simple financial terms, the West is on the wrong side of the cost curve. Imagine the defense industry as a normal business. In economics, a cost curve illustrates the relationship between production costs and quantity. Successful businesses achieve economies of scale, reducing costs through efficiency. But the West’s defense enterprise is operating on the wrong side of this curve. Production costs are high, and output is low, pushing Western nations into diseconomies of scale.
The recent aerial attack on Israel and the war in Ukraine expose this vulnerability. Iran’s 300 plus airborne weapons that targeted Israel amounted to less than $200 million dollars whereas the Western response exceeds billions of dollars. In Ukraine, multi-million dollar weapons platforms are destroyed by uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) that range from hundreds to thousands of dollars, and Russia’s prized Black Sea Fleet has been devastated by inexpensive maritime drones. Defense analysts estimate the cost ratio is easily 100:1.
A Call to Action
A new revolution in military spending is underway. It is a radical change in the way nations procure and integrate military capabilities. The innovation and changes in Ukraine has been described by General Mark Milley as “the most significant fundamental change in the character of war ever recorded in history.” Consequently, this is not a military issue alone; it is a societal one. In democracies like the United States, we the people are responsible for our common defense. We cannot afford to ignore this unsustainable cost mismatch. Every defense dollar matters when there are competing demands for resources to address aging populations, health care, migration challenges, and myriad other social services.
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Democracies! How cute, can I have a hit of that.
I don’t recall any vote on Banskter WAR III, the Green Nude Eel, Gazacide.
This Leroy F. Prouty is an on fire productions as he says the same as Carlin, more for them, less for us, as the resources on earth are not infinite and there is no Magic Soil.
More bang for you buck will never happen with the MIC still stuck on glorious victories from eighty years ago but like the great Bluto Blutarski said, nothing is over until WE say it is.
So is it welfare state or warfare state.
Invade the world, everyone has a right to come for the free milk and honey and vote.
Choose wisely.
O/T-some kind of Brandonflation as no one was at the local Sally Suckemsilly/Mr. Goodbar pub.
It is hot but if you don’t weigh 400lbs. and wear dayglo bright colors, wet down bandana or truckers hat before going out, it’s bearable.
A couple of talkative joggers but they said dayam cuz you scared the shit out of us, in escaped from the asylum shirt and latex gloves.
Killer desktop of 66 Mustang done up in Euro style racing trim!
“In democracies like the United States, we the people are responsible for our common defense.”
Good lord, the delusion in this guy. This isn’t the 1950s. ‘We the people’ need to defend ourselves from the US, not help it to survive to further predate upon us.