I don't think that's really gonna be an issue though. If there are aliens that want to eat us, the odds that we are at the same technological level as they are is pretty much nil. Even if we are at their level (maybe we stole their tech), that doesn't require a national military, but an international one. It doesn't need to police us. And it mustn't remain secret. NO MORE SECRETS. We (all of us) will decide what we need to do to protect ourselves (which is why I said "a treaty or two").
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I don't think that's really gonna be an issue though. If there are aliens that want to eat us, the odds that we are at the same technological level as they are is pretty much nil. Even if we are at their level (maybe we stole their tech), that doesn't require a national military, but an international one. It doesn't need to police us. And it mustn't remain secret. NO MORE SECRETS. We (all of us) will decide what we need to do to protect ourselves (which is why I said "a treaty or two").