The gruesome ongoing war in Ukraine should have shattered any remaining illusions that the U.S. military can count on swiftly and decisively defeating any capable adversary in a future war. History is filled with examples of states that planned to fight a short, sharp war, only to become ensnared in conflicts that dragged on inconclusively for weeks or months or years — and which consumed vast quantities of munitions, equipment, and lives in the process.
Since 2018, the Department of Defense has focused primarily on a possible future war with China. Some analyses suggest that such a war would endThe post America is Not Prepared for a Protracted War appeared first on War on the Rocks.