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Mackenzie Bryson: I often worry about how sustainable our exchanges are. Warfighters aren't supposed to be fixated on accounting functions, but this seems so out of balance, I worry about it spilling over.
How much does it cost to maintain such a significant forward presence on the other side of the globe? What is the value exchange when we shoot down a low-tech drone with an extremely sophisticated interceptor missile? Or with a division of carrier aircraft? Isn't this becoming unsustainable? If yes, how long can we keep these types of exchanges going?
We have to deter further aggression, but it could also be a viable strategy for an adversary to force us to expend our way into trouble during low-level conflicts. That would almost be an anti-deterrent. They'd *want* us spreading ourselves thin, and would be looking for opportunities to generate minor flare-ups.
We need a larger, deeper, cheaper magazine.
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