10 May 2024

US military hit with embarrassing report exposing failings and vulnerability to China

Rebecca Robinson

The US military has been hit with a scathing report bashing its poor efforts in modernization and innovation that could see it at a disadvantage to China and other adversaries.

The Ronald Reagan Institue released the report detailing the failings of the Pentagon in reworking defense technologies to give the US a "competitive advantage" over other countries.

The leading defense experts also called for smoother coordination between the government, private sector, and military, warning of embarrassment in potential conflict if nothing is changed.

The grades are handed out to 10 key areas of the US government, assessing the National Security Innovation Base (NSIB). This annual report saw a series of Bs, Cs, Ds, and one F-.

The system is only a year old, and was designed to measure the "collective impact" of the NSIB's "critical yet largely uncoordinated ecosystem."

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