"No awesome"! The Pentagon has acknowledged the Secretary of Defense | United States | The Pentagon

Release time:Apr 14, 2024 15:37 PM

According to today's Russian television website on August 3rd, US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Planning, Mara Kalin, said that US military companies are unable to function properly. She believes that Russia's special military operation in Ukraine has exposed issues with the US military industrial complex.

Kalin pointed out that Russia's special military action has made the United States "truly feel" the necessity of "pressuring" the military industry foundation of the United States and its allies, and called on Western countries to "cooperate closely in a complementary manner.".

Carlin specifically pointed out that the United States needs to strengthen its industrial base to fulfill its obligations under the Anglo American alliance. One of the commitments of the United States is to build a nuclear submarine for Canberra.

However, in July of this year, the US Navy admitted that it currently cannot afford to build new submarines for Australia - due to low planning efficiency and material supply factors causing delays in shipyard progress, nearly 40% of US submarines are still under maintenance. Carlin said that this may affect the United States' commitment to supply submarines to Australia.

At the same time, Carlin announced a significant investment by Australia in the US military industrial complex: Canberra will make a "historic investment" in the US submarine production industrial base.

Previously, Australian Defense Minister Richard Mars stated in an interview that Australia has agreed to invest $3 billion in the US submarine construction sector because it recognizes "pressure on US industrial bases.".

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Vladimir Bachuk, an expert at the Institute of American and Canadian Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences, pointed out that the purpose of the US Defense Minister's visit to Australia earlier was to "seek more investment for the US military industrial complex.".


"No awesome"! The Pentagon has acknowledged the Secretary of Defense | United States | The Pentagon

"The only question is, how will the Australian people react to seeing their own funds being used to maintain the US military industrial complex?" said Bachuck

The expert said, "Nowadays, the United States has to leverage the economic power of its allies and partners, even if the latter are not particularly willing to make such additional expenditures." In addition, neither Australia's investment nor other measures taken by the Pentagon to develop industrial bases can help the US military industrial complex "recover quickly.".

Military and political analyst Ivan Konovalov explains that many of the problems in the US military industrial complex are caused by the contract system, which hinders "the improvement of speed and quality in weapon production.".

He said, "The leaders of the US private companies that make up the US military industrial complex are unwilling to respond to Washington's call to expand production in the context of the conflict in Ukraine. They are concerned that if the geopolitical situation changes, the funds invested will not be rewarded."

Konovalov believes that the root cause of the current problem is that Washington did not anticipate such a large-scale conflict in Ukraine.

He said, "The United States once reduced its defense industry because at that time it was mainly preparing to respond to counter-terrorism actions, and the consumption of weapons and ammunition in counter-terrorism actions was not as large as the conflict in Ukraine."

Bachuck also said, "Currently, American military companies do not have enough weapons and ammunition to transport to the Kiev regime. This situation reflects the weakness of the United States and has a very negative impact on its foreign policy image. In the eyes of the international community, the United States is no longer invincible."

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