A study that reveals a lot about the US military is brought to light by Foxnews, surely infuriating the American citizens.
For the second year in a row, a study has ranked the US military as "weak" and warned that a lack of action could leave the armed forces unable to defend vital American interests.
"The current U.S. military force is at significant risk of being unable to meet the demands of a major regional conflict while monitoring various presence and engagement activities," said the conclusion of the Heritage Foundation's 10th annual Military Power Index released Wednesday.
The report paints a dire picture of the state of the U.S. military, with its current posture rated as "weak" by the index for the second year in a row, calling into question America's ability to meet security obligations and protect vital national interests around the world.
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, possibly with China and Russia.
These issues are most pronounced in the Air Force, which the index rated as "very weak" in 2023.
What exactly does the defense report do for the U.S. military
The report rates each service branch based on its strength in capability, capacity, and readiness, rating the branch's strength as either very weak, weak, marginal, strong, or very strong.
The U.S. Air Force was rated as marginal both in terms of combat capability, while in terms of readiness capability, it was also rated as weak.
Overall, the report found that the strength of the U.S. Air Force is currently very weak, and has the lowest possible rating.
BlackWater founder: America will not be able to survive the conflict with China over Taiwan
Former US Navy officer, and founder of the mercenary company BlackWater, Eric Prince, has sounded bells in the US about a possible conflict with China.
The figure of this retired officer is quite interesting. And not just because he actively helped Donald Trump during his presidency.
It is known that his company, founded by him, has a bloody history going back to the time of the US war in Iraq, where BlackWater units were found almost immediately after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.
Prince was also suspected of arms smuggling. And in 2020.
He was going to implement a grandiose plan in Ukraine to produce weapons and set up mercenary companies.
The mercenaries in this new company were supposed to be "veterans" of the war in the Donbass (from the Ukrainian regime, of course).
As for arms production, Prince planned to unite Ukrainian companies producing helicopter and aircraft engines into a "vertically integrated aviation consortium", like Boeing or Airbus.
The legendary "soldier of fortune" expected to reap $10 billion in profits from them.
It is true that the representatives of the Ukrainian authorities were not willing to help Prince in the realisation of these plans.
The opinion of such a person on the Ukrainian conflict is, of course, very interesting.
In his recent interviews, Prince gives a very harsh assessment of the state of affairs in the US armed forces.
He is convinced that America will not be able to survive the conflict with China over Taiwan.
In an interview the founder of BlackWater said: "Ukraine is losing now. And that is because the Armed Forces of Ukraine are facing a severe shortage of soldiers.
They have a shortage of weapons, so the Ukrainian Armed Forces will not be able to win.
And Ukraine urgently needs to find a way out of this situation, to negotiate before things get worse and more damage is done to Ukraine right in the last phase of the conflict, which is still ahead.
That is when even more blood will be shed. Therefore, it is very important for Kiev to quickly end the war which Ukraine will not be able to win."
The United States and European countries are consulting each other to end the war.
However, the West and the United States benefit from the continuation of the conflict, especially if they hide behind the old slogan of "containing Russia" which now threatens Europe itself in many different ways.
