Holy $#!+.
“Global dominance?” Who are the editors letting this stuff go? I had no idea we “dominate” the globe... No wonder so many other countries don’t like us... Blah blah blah.
We have to keep the research and development going. As long as we have the technological edge, China and Russia will continue to hold “exercises” rather than invasions. It’s expensive, and we can alternate cuts and increases as the political winds blow out of Washington. The argument doesn’t have to start out with us as a global hegemonic super-DUPER power.