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Still unable to actually address what is being written? It's okay to admit it, you know. I specifically addressed the same thing as YOUR OP. That is our material capabilities. We literally could blow anybody out of the water twice over and not flinch. If you think a small drop in our budget, and measures being taken to deal with a shortage of ships - WHILE WE STILL HAVE MORE RESOURCES THAN ANY OF OUR POTENTIAL ENEMIES COMBINED - means that we're weak, that's on you. It's being laughed at by anybody with common sense.
:shrug: total resources is irrelevant. What matters is the mass you are able to bring to bear at the point of friction. If we have 4 other Carrier Groups being retrofitted, 1 in the Persian Gulf, and 1 in the Med, then that means precisely bupkis to the Carrier Group facing off against China.
The US has more resources, yes. But we have a global fight - everyone else has a regional fight.