Restarting nuclear weapons testing, building the Golden Dome to shoot incoming missiles out of US airspace, a whole new class of battleships and possibly more.
What does Trump know, and what is he planning on? I’ve said in the past that WWIII might be inevitable, but that Trump is changing what was supposed to be a war that America was supposed to lose, to one that we’d win.
If you tracked other Defense Expenditures. It does seem to appear that way. It appears other U.S Military Allies, or at the very least their Military’s, are also arming themselves to the teeth and intensifying cooperation with the U.S. Even if their Civilian Administration is adopting increasingly hostile stances to the U.S. Japan for instance went as far as amending their constitution to give the JSDF more operational freedom and access to wider equipment varieties. As for obvious reasons post war reconstruction put various limitations on the Japanese Military.
The DOW has unveiled New Tanks and Jets the past few years. He stated with the announcement of the Battleship that he’s going to discuss with/blackmail Defense contractors into speeding up production schedules. Including investing their fat profits in modernized Factories and production equipment. Instead of Drug binges, bonuses for management and new cars/houses.
He also announced almost as an afterthought you could have missed they’d be working on replacing the Ford Class Carriers already. In the same announcement as the Battleships.
Not to mention his AI/Drone pushes in the past. He’s also been harping on automation and Robotics making up for labor shortages and production shortfalls too. Not just in the Defense sector but broader markets as well.
There’s been multiple shakeups in Military senior staff. And Hegseth more or less unofficially introduced an age cap for flag officers with the mandate they need to take and pass PT tests every year to remain in uniform. Ensuring a steadier turnover of flag officer ranks to new blood
The Military is finally rolling out a new service rifle in an entirely new caliber.
Lasers went from Sci-Fi to becoming a vehicle mounted system inside of 5 years. Miniaturized Nuclear Reactors are becoming a thing too. The Battleship is supposed to also be mounting a railgun as well.
Gauss Rifle prototypes have begun appearing in the Civilian Market.
He already declared we have 2 years to return to the Moon. And another 2 to stick a base with a Nuclear Reactor on it. Which would suggest the potential for a substantial crew complement and a long term mission there.
There’s only 2 real questions. Whether this is a case of ‘If you want peace. Prepare for War’
Or supposing this isn’t and it is a gradual spin up of U.S Defense Capacity. Whether the enemy we will be facing is even human or not.