![]() interests on short notice and in multiple theaters simultaneously. America should have the capability to protect U.S. Russia’s protracted war of aggression in Ukraine is demonstrating to the world the continued importance of military assets and their readiness. military will continue to weaken at the very same time that China’s military grows stronger.Īs the ongoing war in Ukraine reveals, the United States does not have the luxury of ignoring hard military power. Infrastructure across the military, from Army ammunition plants to Navy shipyards, is decades out of date and requires major capital improvement. The Army needs to accelerate its modernization-and improve its recruiting-to compete in the modern era. The Air Force needs more F-35s, and it needs more pilots (with more training flight hours) to fly them. The Navy needs more ships-and a new Naval Act procuring those ships in a cost-effective manner-to counter China’s rapidly growing naval fleet. The freedoms Americans hold dear are possible only with a strong national defense, which requires investment in key capabilities. military, rating it as “weak” for the first time in its nine-year history: “This is the logical consequence of years of sustained use, underfunding, poorly defined priorities, wildly shifting security policies, exceedingly poor discipline in program execution, and a profound lack of seriousness across the national security establishment even as threats to U.S. ![]() The Heritage Foundation’s 2023 Index of U.S. The American Armed Forces of 2023 are highly capable, but their shortcomings compared to security challenges are increasingly apparent. Congress should use the NDAA to help the DOD continue to transform to a force able to deter adversaries while ensuring that the nation spends its defense dollars wisely. ![]() interests-the NDAA gains even more importance. In an increasingly threatening global security environment-in which the People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation, Iran, and North Korea are actively challenging U.S. Because it is one of the few authorization bills reliably passed every year, the NDAA assumes oversized importance for both Congress and the DOD. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and the defense appropriations bill function as Congress’s yearly shaping mechanism for the Department of Defense (DOD).
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