Defense Department ill-prepared for war
with China, GAO says
Posted By: Ribicon, 2/18/2022 1:09:42 PM
Beijing’s expanding military poses a “significant threat” to the United States and the Pentagon is not ready for a conflict with China, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office. “Today, China has transformed what was an obsolete military into one that can challenge the U.S. military across the spectrum of conventional and unconventional capabilities,” the GAO said in a report made public this week. Key weaknesses identified by the congressional watchdog agency include military readiness shortfalls, force mobility problems and supply chain issues needed for new F-35 warplanes.(Snip)Other problems identified by GAO include vulnerabilities in weapons systems that can be exploited by Chinese cyberattacks,
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Over Freedom Convoy Protesters Departs
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elderly man she shoved off bus: 'It's
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Is Either In Denial Or Whistling Past
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Is Either In Denial Or Whistling Past
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We shouldn’t be surprised that Hillary Clinton would continue to double down in the face of a mushrooming scandal. This has always been her strategy in handling such situations, and heaven knows she’s had plenty of experience. Whitewater? Pfft! Nothing to see here. Travelgate? Just a vast right-wing conspiracy. Benghazi? What difference could it possibly make? Hillary has survived more scandals than perhaps any politician in history, so her current hubris might be somewhat expected. But the goings-on with the Durham Probe is different. Hillary’s current hot water isn’t like the other cauldrons she’s been in.
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USA has the most LGBTQ+ friendly, might highly vaccinated social justice force the world has ever seen, And we have no interest in securing our borders or even pretending to keep our taxpayer-funded technology secret because it's good for business to keep developing new weapons.