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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Full fighting strength? Have you not been seeing the news about low recruitment, depleted stockpiles, and jets falling from the sky? Couple this with the MIC markups meaning that the 800b+ budget only gets a fraction of that value in actual asset production. The US military is overwanked.

[โ€“] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago

You go to the bookies with that one. See what they give you.