all true,
russian has been self sufficient for 70 years and they were never number 1 or number 5. there is a economic cap to russia, so while they may weather the storm their ceiling is limited.
we started using russian rockets because we changed priority and didnt fund new equipment...stupidly
one reason we started using russian rockets years ago was to help fund their space budget, the russian govt couldnt fund it.
im not saying we are set up correctly, but if needed we are capable of realignment and are more agile than any other country.
with in 2 years trump had us energy exporter, after being a importer since before WW2. no other country can move that fast on such a large scale commodity.
im not debating united states has issues, im saying every bullet our enemy wastes they have to pay for and we dont have to die for
if we have to get involved in ukraine does anyone doubt that it would be easier now than a year ago because of vehicles destroyed and countermeasures to captured top of the line equipment? of course it will be
id rather fight 2,000 tanks than 2500 tanks and so would everyone else.
ill take a depleted enemy and our munitions manufacturing pipline running fast then a full strength enemy and starting from scratch
thats why we won WW2, were were manufacturing weapons for a few years before we really got involved. if we had pearl harbor in 1938 wed be speaking Japanese and the allies would be speaking german because we would not have weapons to give/sell