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It's worse than you think. Mother Russia is building combat vehicles & munitions at “an unprecedented pace" according to U.S. commander in Europe. A reinvigorated Russian defense industrial base is rolling out -1,500 tanks, -3,000 armored vehicles, & -200 Iskander

Here is one from the great Mackenzie Eaglen for 19FortyFive. 19fortyfive.com/2025/04/russia…

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"We are not meeting mission. The ops analysis does not lie" on the negative impact of too few amphibious ships in the U.S. military, particularly the consequences for U.S. Marines. - IndoPacific commander Adm. Paparo to Congress

#Proof ⬇️

Say it again with me, friends: "#⃣'s matter, #⃣'s matter, #⃣'s matter."

Ongoing DoD reviews aim to "cut the fat, scale what works, kill what doesn’t. These methods, foreign to the bureaucracy, will ensure the overhauls are substantial and enduring," Mackenzie Eaglen writes. "Hopefully, significant follow-through is next." nationalinterest.org/feature/how-pe…

"Congress’ emphasis on redressing the potholes of the fixing past, rebuilding for the current moment, and resetting modernization for the future are what is needed to jumpstart an institution in managed decline." Mackenzie Eaglen on defense reconciliation. aei.org/foreign-and-de…

Congress may consider adding one more replacement fighter jet before the Super Hornet line permanently shuts down. Or perhaps the Navy can re-purpose 1 of the 2 F/A-18Es used in Top Gun: Maverick

America's military magazine depth is too shallow. Stocks must be replenished quickly & at scale in order to position our armed forces to succeed in wars big and small, long or short. nytimes.com/2025/05/01/opi…

The People's Liberation Army Navy fleet is the largest on earth and bigger than the U.S. Navy -- a gap widening every single year. The U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence confirms that China’s shipbuilding capacity is 232 times greater than the United States.

'The United States is still not postured to fight and win a sustained, high-intensity conflict with inadequate purchases for decades now combined with the current state of our munitions industrial base.' Mackenzie Eaglen AEI Foreign Policy aei.org/foreign-and-de…