Mostly just US commanders themselves saying they don't have the capacity to take on Russia or China.
I'll probably come back with some links for you at some point.
Side note: the part of the world that makes all your stuff is more important than the "developed" world.
Well they have a conflict of interest since they a. Want the us to be over rather than underprepared and b. Wouldn’t mind a golden parachute in a defense manufacturer once they leave the military, so I wouldn’t put too much on what they say.
Not really. Design is much more important than manufacturing. Not hard to move a factory from one middle income country to another, as china is realising.
