Posted on 02/25/2015 3:21:42 PM PST by EagleUSA
The United States military does not currently have the ability to fight two major wars simultaneously, according to a new report, a significant reduction from the capacity enjoyed by defense officials for decades.
The Heritage Foundation’s "2015 Index of U.S. Military Strength" concludes that the armed forces “would be ill-equipped to handle two, near-simultaneous major regional contingencies (MRC).” The two-MRC goal was largely attained during the Cold War, when U.S. forces engaged in a conflict every 15 to 20 years while maintaining ground forces in other regions to ensure stability and deter aggressors.
That strategy enables the U.S. military to defeat one adversary in a conflict while preventing another aggressor—seeking to take advantage of the United States’ preoccupation with the first conflict—from defeating it in a separate theater.
But this strategy is no longer feasible, according to the report.
“The consistent decline in funding and the consequent shrinking of the force are putting it under significant pressure,” the report said. “Essential maintenance is being deferred; fewer units (mostly the Navy’s platforms and the Special Operations Forces community) are being cycled through operational deployments more often and for longer periods; and old equipment is being extended while programmed replacements are problematic.”
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Obama chalks up another success.
Let’s see we face threats from ISIS Russia China North Korea am I missing anyone?
yep...the left will celebrate...
We haven’t “Fought a WAR” in over 70 years,
how many Peace Keeping missions could we accomplish at the same time?
Mexico, but I think we surrendered already.
Iran, and perhaps the biggest threat is ‘OURSELVES’!
We haven’t been able to fight 2 fronts in years. Since Clinton I think.
It went from 2 fronts to fight front 1 and holding action on 2nd front until front 1 is won, then shift those soldiers/equipment to the 2nd.
Rumsfeld didn’t help either.
Now it’s hope we can win 1 front.
Russia has modernized their ICBMs , 2 or 3 brand new ones. What have we done? Junked many and no modernization.
I have concern for our Navy against even Iran.
Unconscionable.
Thought you should see this.
It’s a good thing that China, Iran, ISIS and Russia would never gang up and attack us at once.
They have a lot of faults, but they would never stoop to that level. They will politely wait while we win 3 or 4 “medium-sized” wars at a time, with a year or so in between for us to rearm.
To make it fair.
That is also why they are mandating female combat infantrymen etc. To make it fair.
Can we fight ONE war at the same time?
Iran.
...and Barack Obama, of course.
does not currently have the ability to fight two major wars simultaneously,
Takes too long for the faggeaux to put their make-up on,,,,
A nation that pisses away thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars fighting wars halfway around the world, while at the same time allowing unfettered access across its own borders, shouldn't even bother fighting ONE war anymore, let alone TWO.
Physical degradation might as well match the metaphysical degradation.
King Obama can't count on them having the capability to fight one war overseas and another against Americans here at home at the same time.
That's the reason The King needed to spend billions on arming DHS like an army (Obama's "Civilian National Security Force")
When was the last time we won a war? We haven’t had the capability to fight even ONE for the last 50 years.
Yep. For communists and terrorists, fairness has always been the number one priority : )
Perhaps other countries will come to the realization that maybe they should pay for their own defense and not have us do it for them?
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