The Fatal Flaw Undermining America’s Defense Industrial Base

- The US DoD published its first National Defense Industrial Strategy report, detailing major problems preventing America from mobilizing its industry to out-compete Russia and China; - Most problems identified by the report stem from the DoD’s dependence on private industry, yet private industry itself was never identified as a problem; - The foreign and domestic policy is based on profit-driven prioritizing, creating industry that pursues profits at the cost of fulfilling that industry’s role in providing goods and services for society; - Russia and China maintain massive state-owned enterprises not only to manufacturing arms and ammunition, but also downstream suppliers for providing raw materials and goods; References: NEO - Fatal Flaws Undermine America’s Defense Industrial Base (February 15, 2024): US Department of Defense - The National Defense Industrial Strategy (NDIS) (2023): NY Times - Russia Overcomes Sanctions to Expand Missile Production, Officials Say (September 2023): RFE/RL - Satellite Images Suggest Russia Is Ramping Up Production Capacity For Its War Against Ukraine (November 2023): RUSI - Russian Military Objectives and Capacity in Ukraine Through 2024 (February 13, 2024): The National Interest - MBT-70 - The German-American Super Tank That Never Came to Be (April 2021): The Guardian - ‘A lot higher than we expected’: Russian arms production worries Europe’s war planners (February 15, 2024): Where to Find My Work: Website: Telegram: Twitter: Odysee (YouTube alternative): @LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): Weibo: ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): Line Group: Gab: VK (Facebook alternative): How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: Patreon: PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR