That's probably correct, but will that be what we hear? This war is a boom to the US military-industrial complex. If they can find any reason to pimp their latest weapon systems they will use it. One of their favorite tactics is the "we are behind" argument, which is often rebranded as "we are in danger and you need to be scared". When America turns on the news it is nearly 7/24 war porn mixed with fear porn.
I don't trust a damn think the say.
You always need to be skeptical when the government is involved.
But, we do have some serious strategic deficits when it comes to our Indo-Pacific China threat. And we are behind in hypersonic defensive systems and hypersonic weapons.
The A2/AD Anti Access and Area Denial threat of potential sub killing ballistic missiles is a potential threat, that pushes our carriers out to distances putting F35s out of effective fighting range.
This Russian Ukriane antic is killing any resemblance of a Peace Dividend. Military spending is going up and even the Leftist Dems agreed to an increase.