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Read the post again with a little calm.

This Russian invasion has led to many huge improvements in the direction of military readiness in America, our Western allies and our Pacific allies.

While we can list problems and deficiencies we should also try and see the vast improvements of the last 2 years, we aren’t in the war but we get to see what we need and the wake-up calls are powerful enough that they are leading to concrete changes, not just in weapons manufacturing but also in new war awareness and cooperation among our global friends.

A, Tx for your info. DV, Tx for your info. G, Tx for your info.

DV, I cleaned up some of the URL's.

H/T Gaffer

Re M777 UFH towed field howitzer, the US had to get BAE to restart production of them so it could replace what it gave UKR from its on-line inventory and to provide more for the future.

H/T DarthVader

The U.S. Navy's Ohio-Class Submarine Nightmare Is Just Getting Started
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-navys-ohio-class-submarine-nightmare-just-getting-started-210476
Ret. Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt to Newsmax: Biden Has U.S. Facing WWIII
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/biden-ukraine-russia/2024/04/05/id/1159962/
U.S. Air Force Readiness Threatened by Parts Shortage, Broken Procurement System
https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/air-force-frank-kendall-readiness/2024/04/04/id/1159768/
U.S.S. Constellation Frigate Delivery Delayed 3 Years, Says U.S. Navy
https://news.usni.org/2024/04/02/constellation-frigate-delivery-delayed-3-years-says-navy
U.S. faces 'inevitable' ISIS attacks at home following Moscow massacre: Ret. Gen. Frank McKenzie
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-faces-inevitable-isis-attacks-home-following-moscow-massacre-former-general

I am working on this problem right now. We have made improvements but they are not vast as we do not have the required warfighting capability we are going to need to meet the new threats. The articles I posted and other public resources affirm this. The Biden administration is 3 days late and billions of dollars short on what needs to happen to be able to get into a deterrence stance. I’m not sure we have the time.