US Seeks “Super Weapons” to Reign as Sole Superpower

- The US realizes its window of opportunity following the Cold War to assert itself as sole global superpower is closing (if it hasn’t closed already); - It seeks to find a way to match or exceed the military capabilities and industrial capacity of both Russia and China through “innovation;” - The US refuses to recognize the fundamental flaws in its own system as well as the premise upon which it seeks primacy in the first place; - Start-up companies seeking to out-innovate and/or out-produce China propose unrealistic measures that either won’t work or that China is already employing itself on a much larger scale; References: Raytheon - Excalibur Projectile: TWZ - New ‘Cheap’ Cruise Missile Concept Flight Tested By Silicon Valley-Backed Start-Up (August 21, 2024): Defence Express (Ukraine