The above graph is a time stamp. only guns over a long period leads to a Soviet style economic collapse. Pakistan js a living example.
And it's not about corruption. We spend less on education and healthcare per capita than military. How many people died during Covid not because of Covid but because hospitals were shut it djdnt have infra ?
The ONLY ones who have merged guns and butter is the Chinese where the CCP owns bkth industry and the Military. Sadly I wouldn't touch such a society with a barge pole
Again National Security is not just the purview of the military. Increase GNP and Natsec solves itself to a large extent.
Anywys all this is OT. Back to SF.
We don't have a sniper school, combat medic school, shit comms, shit isr and/or mobility to power project in our neighborhood. We have ZERO night fighting capability today. Giving nods means squat if the rest of logistics chain is night blind.
If we have none of the above how can our training be up to par ? Because our boys can run 100 miles up and down a mountain in battle gear ?