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IT’S TIME TO MOVE THE ARMY LADDER ( by ERIC WESLEY AND ROBERT SIMPSON)

https://warontherocks.com/2021/01/its-time-to-move-the-army-ladder/

For 20 years, the U.S. Army has fought militarily inferior enemies in Afghanistan and Iraq. The wars have been inconclusive. Now, the Army is embarking on an effort to compete with China and Russia — two advanced nuclear powers with the potential to compete toe to toe with the United States in almost every aspect of conflict. Unfortunately, absent fundamental changes the Army is likely to fail in this effort, as it has failed in every major modernization push since the “Big Five” effort of the mid-1970s.