The Defense Budget: Is It Enough?

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With Dakota Wood

DAKOTA WOOD, Senior Research Fellow of Defense Programs at the Heritage Foundation:

• Is Russia the greatest threat to the US today?
• Putin’s plans for strategic nuclear forces
• China’s military power and ambition

(PART TWO):

• China’s 3,000-mile tunnel system and nuclear program
• Beijing’s possible weaponization of space
• North Korea’s recent aggression and ballistic missile capability

(PART THREE):

• Current status of the US military
• Deteriorating military strength emboldens enemies and leads to a loss of life
• Cultural differences have to be accounted for in the way the US interacts with the world

(PART FOUR):

• What resources are necessary to rebuild American strength?
• Current US spending on the military
• Threats the next president will face

(PART FIVE):

• US hasn’t done nuclear weapons testing for over 25 years
• Lack of industrial capacity in America to rebuild warships and aircraft
• Women in combat, possibly subject to the draft?