A strategic win against China's digital empire

When Americans think about fighting China, the first things that come to mind are recruitment, weapons development, and our military industrial base.

It’s important that we prioritize all three. Until recently, our Armed Forces were experiencing historic recruitment shortfalls. Our procurement system is badly broken, regularly delivering weapons platforms years late and billions over budget. And the American industrial might that once buried Japan and Germany beneath a mountain of tanks and battleships is a shadow of its former self. We can’t even make enough artillery shells to keep up with Russia, and China has over 200 times our shipbuilding capacity.