US Seeks “Super Weapons” to Reign as Sole Superpower

US Seeks “Super Weapons” to Reign as Sole Superpower
The New Atlas
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- 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:
https://www.rtx.com/raytheon/what-we-...
TWZ - New ‘Cheap’ Cruise Missile Concept Flight Tested By Silicon Valley-Backed Start-Up (August 21, 2024):
https://www.twz.com/air/new-cheap-cru...
Defence Express (Ukraine) - ​What is the Real Price of russian Missiles: About the Cost of 'Kalibr', Kh-101 and 'Iskander' Missiles (November 2022):
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US White House - US National Security Strategy (2021):
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content...
NYT - U.S. Strategy Plan Calls for Insuring No Rivals Develop (1992):
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/wo...
Defense One - The Air Force wants to build lots of bases around the Pacific. But it still needs to determine how to protect them (August 22, 2024):
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/20...
Al Jazeera - Saudi Arabia may run out of interceptor missiles in ‘months’ (January 2022):
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1...
Reuters - Ukraine says Russia has launched over 8,000 missiles, 4,630 drones during war (February 2024):
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/...
Anduril - Anduril Raises $1.5 Billion to Rebuild the Arsenal of Democracy (August 2024):
https://www.anduril.com/article/andur...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmcc...
Anduril - Rebuild the Arsenal:
https://www.rebuildthearsenal.com/

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