And most people don't know how serious that threat is.
The last major war was Iraq 2003, and it was fought with weapons that were barely better than what was used in 1991, at which point most weapons were the culmination of 70s and 80s tech perfected to fight the Soviet Union in central europe.
The last 18 years since has seen massive leaps in capabilities and lethality. Much of it has been improved specifically to get better accuracy to avoid collateral damage in COIN, but that still means the weapon are far better than what they were two decades ago.
Ironically the "Military Industrial Complex" has received massive funding through the GWOT years, and a lot of it has actually borne fruit in producing better capabilities that would transfer well into a full war.
Remember how Trump dealt with communist dictators threatening democracies?
"They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen."
I predict Biden's response will be silence.
Not if you count the drooling old man noises
And most people don't know how serious that threat is.
The last major war was Iraq 2003, and it was fought with weapons that were barely better than what was used in 1991, at which point most weapons were the culmination of 70s and 80s tech perfected to fight the Soviet Union in central europe.
The last 18 years since has seen massive leaps in capabilities and lethality. Much of it has been improved specifically to get better accuracy to avoid collateral damage in COIN, but that still means the weapon are far better than what they were two decades ago.
Ironically the "Military Industrial Complex" has received massive funding through the GWOT years, and a lot of it has actually borne fruit in producing better capabilities that would transfer well into a full war.