The U.S. Air Force's "boneyard" of surplus warplanes at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. US Air Force
David Barno and Nora Bensahel, War On The Rocks: Preparing For The Next Big War
“For almost twenty years we had all of the time and almost none of the money; today we have all of the money and no time.”
Those words were spoken by Army Chief of Staff George Marshall in 1940 as he was facing the imminent entry of the United States into World War II. He was lamenting the fact that when large conflicts suddenly arrive, all the money in the world cannot magically fix military shortfalls overnight. It is not hard to imagine a future Army chief of staff uttering those same words on the eve of a truly big war.
Between 1945 and 1989, the looming threat of global war between the United States and the Soviet Union informed every aspect of U.S. military preparations, from doctrine to organization to weaponry. But since the end of the Cold War, the U.S. military has not been sized, organized, and globally postured to fight a large-scale and bloody war.
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WNU Editor: America is not ready for the next big war .... most countries rarely are. But this post does provide a good plan of action that the U.S. should implement to be prepared for that terrible day if it should arrive.