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Originally Posted by Botnst
Chilcutt, I think that was his point: Huge firepower makes attack highly unlikely. The less firepower, the less deterrence. The moving target is where we place the acceptable risk and whether we can afford less. Or more. I defy anybody to make a dogmatic statement about that. There are just too many variables and science and technology move too quickly.
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The political calculation is dicey. If we cut military spending too much, and a successful attack is launched, the party who cut that budget, and "allowed/ invited" that attack will suffer---correctly, or not.