{"id":152387,"date":"2024-01-26T10:15:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T15:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=152387"},"modified":"2024-01-25T20:04:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T01:04:26","slug":"the-us-military-is-weak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=152387","title":{"rendered":"The US military is ‘weak’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Heritage Foundation report conducted its 10th annual index of military strength. The report concluded that the United States military is weak. If action is not taken to address this weakness, the US military risks being unable to defend important American interests. One example that the report brought forward was the “decline” of the U.S. Navy in contrast to China’s rapidly modernizing its navy.<\/p>\n

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“The current U.S. military force is at significant risk of being unable to meet the demands of a single major regional conflict while also attending to various presence and engagement activities,” reads the conclusion of the Heritage Foundation’s 10th annual Index of Military Strength, which was released Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The report paints a dire picture of the state of the U.S. military, with its current posture being rated at “weak” by the index for the second consecutive year, calling into question America’s ability to meet security obligations and protect vital national interests around the globe.<\/p>\n

The 664-page report addresses a wide range of issues, finding that almost no branch of the U.S. military is ready to face a major conflict. Those issues are most pronounced in the Air Force, which the index rated as “very weak” in 2023.<\/p>\n

The report rates each branch of service on its strength in capacity, capability and readiness, rating the branch power as either very weak, weak, marginal, strong or very strong. The Air Force rated as marginal in both capacity and capability while also rating weak for readiness. Overall, the report found that Air Force power currently rates as very weak, the lowest rating possible.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fox News has additional information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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