Defense One: New Report Notes Erosion of Pentagon’s Technological Advantage
The evidence ranges from a new long-range Chinese missile to ramped-up European defense spending, an annual assessment of the world’s militaries finds.
The U.S.’s latest national security documents aren’t alone in warning that many of the technical military advantages America and its allies have taken for granted the last two decades are eroding. More evidence is marshalled in the latest edition of The Military Balance, an annual quantitative assessment of the world’s armed forces by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a British think tank.
“The second thing that comes out of the data in The Military Balance is that the great powers are getting ready for great-power wars,” said IISS Deputy Director-General Kori Schake. “That too, is a recent phenomenon, and one that I think we’re still limbering up our minds about.”
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Update #1: China and Russia are catching up with military power of US and West, say leading defence experts (The Independent)
Update #2: Are China and Russia challenging US military dominance? (DW)
WNU Editor: The IISS report on the "Military Balance" can be read here.
2 comments:
Eroding? the very fact USA opted for stealth highlights it lack of ability to field fighters of quality. Tanks are redundant, helicopters don't meet media requirements and even small arms tend to be more about profit. It was highlighted in a recent forum of the defensive nature of cyber security. This is a huge concern as your own people can't access information, if it was offensive you then share everything you learn with everyone. Its that simple.
China and Russia are also producing stealth fighters and new tank designs
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