Is The United States Being Outmatched By Russia and China?

Dan Goure, National Interest: Military Nightmare: Is the United States Being Outmatched by Russia and China?

America may not be able to compete in future wars.

Key Point: It's been decades since the U.S. army has had to prepare to fight a peer competitor.

The U.S. Army once was superior to every potential adversary in terms of combat power, what it called overmatch. This is no longer entirely true. In the future battlefields, the Army will face enemies that will be extremely lethal, more numerous, fighting on home turf and able to exploit the advantage of getting in the first blow. Unless the Army takes a number of steps in the near-term, it is likely to find itself not merely outmatched, but at risk of defeat.

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WNU Editor: If there is a war between the U.S. and China and/or Russia, I am one of those who believes that it will quickly escalate into a nuclear one. In such a scenario no one is going to be outmatched. Most of us would be dead.



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