[rlmorel]

True and true. But an enemy who sees you have the means and the will to defend yourself and your interests is less likely to attack you or your interests.

Probably the only thing that kept the Russians and Chinese at bay during the Cold War.

Also, you don’t have the issue of WWII where it took a long time for us to build our forces up to the point we could go on the offensive in a meaningful way. During that time, a lot of good men lost their lives trying to keep the enemy at bay while we built up.

[KevinDavis]

Plus the enemy will develop new technologies also..

Plus nuclear weapons kept everyone at bay also.

I think you are right.. I think most of major casualties happen during the first years of the year where we had 1 aircraft carrier left... It was until later on in the war where our military capacity was at full strength..