Nobody said just ‘paratroop in a few soldiers.’ I’m saying we don’t have to maintain hundreds of installations around the world.
“””Robert Heinlein’s idea of Starship Troopers had some merit, IMO. Space/airborne troopers dropped off into hot zones in huge numbers as needed.”””
I didn’t say a few, make it as many as the enemy will allow to reach the air space, and then that will survive the parachute drop.
What will they fight with, what will they eat, what will they do for ammo and fuel, and hospitals, and safe areas to rest, recover, and rebuild when they get tired of being surrounded and outnumbered and out of food and ammo?
How do we deliver full military bases and sea bases from America to a war with Russia or China, where are the air bases, the staging areas, the pre-stocked supplies, the storage tanks and infrastructure, where are the bases we need if we don’t have them?
How do Airborne units replace our existing military?