JoeB131
Diamond Member
We built up our defense during WWII and maintained it because of the Soviet Cold War threat. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1990 we were supposed to see a savings as we cut back our forces in response to a reduced threat
We have since built back up to previous levels. There is no current threat of the magnitude we faced WWII and Cold War and most major military forces are our allies. It is long over due to spread our policeman duties
I don't necessarily disagree with that. I would have no problem taking some of these older carriers and selling them to our allies, because they are vastly superior to anything they could build or have built on their own.
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10 Divisions is still way too small of an Army. I think the Iraq war demonstrated that amply. It had no problem taking out Saddam's Army but had serious issues maintaining law and order in the country afterwards.
This strikes me as a design that won't have the ability to project power, and frankly, once they know you can't do that, they will be emboldened.