Arms race

[darkgael]

Is the USA falling behind China. I have run into a number of doom and gloom articles that focus on China’s production of new warships, stealth aircraft, submarines, etc. I have always felt that what we produce is superior to what China fields. I hope that is still the case.

[Dee]

Joe "Hiden" Biden put the Un-United States military in the queer tank for 4 years. The Un-USA is behind in a lot of areas.

[ironglowz]

  The USA was rated by almost everyone as the #1 military power in 2024...and Pres Trump hasn't hurt it any !

  In fact, he has improved it a great deal, by allowing his Defense secretary (now, secretary of war) to do a great job of cleaning out the 'dead wood" of
     LGBTQ...WDWX$#(V@, and turning our military into a more pro active, and ready force.

   ..Plus, keep in mind..when speaking of armaments, it is not so much quantity (even though we lead numerically, in almost every field)..our quality is where we truly stand out !

  Then, there is the experience.  Our NCOs, who are actually the core of any tactical operation ... are right now, far more experienced that any other major power,
  excluding Ukraine and Russia.

  Then there is logistics.  We can move a powerful force (82nd airborne etc.) to any point of the globe within 24 hours, plus keep ammo and supplies flowing in a way
   most militaries only wish they could.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/ranked-us-military-officially-most-powerful-2024-208664
       

[victorcharlie]

Does the USA have the industrial power to build military hardware should the need arise?

All the liberal left wants to do is tout how great China is.  What they don't want you to see is how bad China really is.

[Mule 11]

Does the USA have the industrial power to build military hardware should the need arise?

All the liberal left wants to do is tout how great China is.  What they don't want you to see is how bad China really is.

China is our enemy.
The liberal left are a much bigger enemy as they are already under the wire…

[ironglowz]

Does the USA have the industrial power to build military hardware should the need arise?

All the liberal left wants to do is tout how great China is.  What they don't want you to see is how bad China really is.

China is our enemy.
The liberal left are a much bigger enemy as they are already under the wire…

  "The enemy within" ?

[gypsyman]

  With today's technology, drones and possibly things floating around in space we don't even know about. The only reason conventional ships, planes, tanks and such still matter are for smaller wars, Israel, Ukraine and the like. Pretty sure, the leaders of China, Russia, India know, if any one of the major country's start a major conflicts, game over for everyone. The enemy within, will be the biggest problem. Over 40,000 Muslims in Dearborn, Obama put over 27,000 in Minnesota when he was in office. How many are living in Texas? I'm not saying we shouldn't stay on top of things with our military, but I honestly think, if the SHTF, it will start here, in country.

[Dixie-Dude]

Muslims are taking over England already.  The rape and they slap them on the wrist.  Make a meme or say something about it on social media and they arrest you and put you in jail for 3-5 years. 

[Mule 11]

Muslims are taking over England already.  They rape and they slap them on the wrist.  Make a meme or say something about it on social media and they arrest you and put you in jail for 3-5 years.

That was gearing up here under bidens regime and would have escalated under camel la.

[ironglowz]

Muslims are taking over England already.  They rape and they slap them on the wrist.  Make a meme or say something about it on social media and they arrest you and put you in jail for 3-5 years.

That was gearing up here under bidens regime and would have escalated under camel la.

   Yes, things are heating up in "old Blighty".  The natives are  very tired of the preferences shown to the invaders.  Just as Mule said, the globalists are doing the same crap that Obama has been doing here..(yes, Biden is a cipher).

   
   I am surprised that this is not more discussed here. Fact is France, Germany and some other west European powers are not far behind.

   Some may ask..."what do I care if Europe blows up?"  If any first world nation goes into a serious internal conflict, it has reverberations world wide.  If 3-4 major powers in west Europe were to do so, it could set the world on fire..

    Perhaps we have been afforded a Heavenly plea deal, by electing Pres Trump, or we may have been in the same fix at this time  !

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1t5qWDsknw
     
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se2azRu5QAI

[Dee]

Its ironically laughable to even consider that God has any interest in worldly politics. England will not pull out of their spiril into being conquered by Islam. They  don't have the heart, and never have. They historically put off setting things right until their country is irr-retrivable. They exist now only by the grace of God, whom provided them escape through WWI, then closely followed again by WWII, by a then strong United States.
But the then strong United States, has also went into decline, and is now becoming as divided as Europe. Everyone on one side has put their hopes on one man to solve all their problems, but now there's another side almost as big, and growing, and England, along with the rest of Europe, is a preliminary view of the now Un-United States.
While Trump attempts to set the Un-United States back on its feet, he at the same time is attempting get Europe to help themselves. WWI, and WWII, should be proof to anyone payin attention, they cannot, and will not.
With over 200 Executive Orders to date, smaller courts with no jurisdiction, continue to shut his efforts down.
This isn't going to go away, and in 3 years, while everyone sits back and watches, hoping one man will fix it all. Who's gonna replace him? England has set themselves up to fall, and collectively, so have we. JMO,

Gods description of "Ishmael" was dead on accurate, and his prodigy are following his example. The question has never been "if", it has always been "how long it will take".

[Casull]

Dee, I can't completely disagree with you, but that is a very bleak assessment.  Will things get worse?  Certainly a good chance of that.  But, I believe that when it gets bad enough, people will rise up and fix it.  That's been the history of mankind for ages.

[ironglowz]

From Dee;

   " But the then strong United States, has also went into decline, and is now becoming as divided as Europe."
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  Small point.. Part of the trouble with today's Europe, is their united Europe.  Forming the EU, was one huge mistake !  Those countries placed their national fates with
  a mob of politicians, dictating nearly all details of their lives from Brussels.

  Yes you're right on with your citation of Ishmael..

   12 And he [Ishmael] will be as a wild ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man’s hand against him, and he will live to the east and on the borders of all his kinsmen.  (Genesis 16:12)

  ..And if they don't have somebody else to fight with..they will go ahead and fight with each other !

[Dee]

Dee, I can't completely disagree with you, but that is a very bleak assessment.  Will things get worse?  Certainly a good chance of that.  But, I believe that when it gets bad enough, people will rise up and fix it.  That's been the history of mankind for ages.

And that would be a civil war. Does that sound like getting better? Not to me. Every war that this country has ever won, was won by men raised in an agricultural environment, that knew what hard times, and hard work were all about. That group of men are either dead, or too old to fight. I look a law enforcement  nowadays, and all I here and see is unprepared men, and women trying to be manly hollerin tazer, tazer, tazer. Most won't fight, and don't know how when they're forced into one.
This is not the country that it was 50 years ago, and it certainly isn't the country it was 75 years ago.

As my statement below says: Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good  times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.

Have you not noticed the colored hair, facial jewelry, and tattoos walking around with their headphones? They're not gonna save us. They don't even know where the spare tire is.

[Dixie-Dude]

As I said on another thread, Muslims are trying to take over Europe.  I also kind of believe the Anti-Christ will be a very popular Muslim.  That is how Christianity will be persecuted.

[Bob Riebe]

Is the USA falling behind China. I have run into a number of doom and gloom articles that focus on China’s production of new warships, stealth aircraft, submarines, etc. I have always felt that what we produce is superior to what China fields. I hope that is still the case.

The net is full of such articles that use such headline to get readers.

I have seen similar articles bragging up U.S. arms to such silly standards. (Also a few for some Euro arms.)

[darkgael]

Thank you, all, for your posts.