“Nothing was learned from this. And a culture not willing to think hard and test itself does not augur well for the future.”The main takeaway from Millennium Challenge 2002 is chilling: aircraft carriers—the most expensive ships ever built—might not survive even a single day in combat against Iran. Against powers like Russia or China, their chances are even worse. They’re oversized, overpriced liabilities. That means the US has potentially wasted trillions on military hardware that may prove useless in a real war. Yet, the US continues to parade aircraft carriers across the globe in shows of force—an intimidation strategy that could backfire catastrophically if an adversary decides to call the bluff. Though the simulation took place over 20 years ago, its lessons are more relevant than ever. Iran has since advanced its asymmetric warfare capabilities dramatically. There’s little reason to believe the US military would fare much better today than it did in 2002. In fact, a full-scale war with Iran today could be even more disastrous. Tensions in the Middle East are at their highest point in a generation—and they’re still rising. The recent Israel-Iran war resolved nothing. If hostilities resume, the US could be dragged into a catastrophic, full-scale war. In other words, the Middle East teeters on the brink of the largest regional war in decades, and the US is on the precipice of its biggest war since Vietnam. Fortunately, you don’t have to be caught off guard. Quite the contrary. Read more at: InternationalMan.com
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