{"id":132359,"date":"2022-10-19T10:21:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T14:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=132359"},"modified":"2022-10-19T10:21:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T14:21:35","slug":"heritage-foundation-assigns-its-weakest-rating-for-u-s-military-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=132359","title":{"rendered":"Heritage Foundation assigns its weakest rating for U.S. Military strength"},"content":{"rendered":"

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According to the Wall Steet Journal’s Editorial Board, this was the first “weak” rating that the U.S. Military received. The Heritage Foundation has been rating U.S. Military readiness for nine years. Their “Index of U.S. Military Strength” rated the military overall, and individually among the branches, assigning “U.S. Nuclear Capabilities” as an individual rating category. The Marines and Nuclear Capabilities were each rated “strong”.\u00a0 The Army was rated “marginal”. The Navy and Space Force were each rated “weak”. The Air Force was rated “very weak”.\u00a0 Overall, the U.S. Military was rated “weak”.<\/p>\n

From the Daily Wire:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The U.S. military in 2022, under the leadership of President Joe Biden, received its lowest ever rating this week in a newly released exhaustive analysis from the Heritage Foundation.<\/p>\n

The Heritage Foundation\u2019s Index of U.S. Military Strength assessed a wide range of areas, including threats to the U.S., the condition of the U.S. military, U.S. alliances, and more.<\/p>\n

The Wall Street Journal\u2019s Editorial Board noted that the assessment\u2019s \u201cweak\u201d rating of the U.S. military was the first time it has ever received the score in the index\u2019s nine-year history.<\/p>\n

While the assessment found that the global operating environment from the U.S. perspective was largely favorable across the board, threats to the U.S. are rapidly increasing, with numerous nations posing a \u201chigh\u201d threat against U.S. interests. The chief threats come from China and Russia, with Iran, North Korea, and others lagging behind.<\/p>\n

In the portion of the assessment that focused on the power of the U.S. military, the analysis looked at capability, capacity, and readiness.<\/p>\n

The assessment include the United States\u2019 nuclear capability as a separate branch in the U.S. military because \u201cof its truly unique characteristics and constituent elements, from the weapons themselves to the supporting infrastructure that is fundamentally different from the infrastructure that supports conventional capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The assessment noted that the U.S. military is being degraded through \u201cunderinvestment, poor execution of modernization programs, and the negative effects of budget sequestration (cuts in funding) on readiness and capacity in spite of repeated efforts by Congress to provide relief from low budget ceilings imposed by the Budget Control Act of 2011.\u201d<\/p>\n

Skyrocketing inflation rates that were fueled by Biden\u2019s agenda have led to greater expenses for the military, which erased progress made at the end of the Trump-era in increasing the U.S. military\u2019s readiness.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Daily Wire<\/a>, The Heritage Foundation<\/a>, and the Wall Street Journal<\/a> have more information.<\/p>\n

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