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.
meant to say carrier killing ballistic missiles...