You don't have to read much of this essay to understand that Pete Hegseth has a challenge fit for Hercules.
At the same time, it will be clear that DOGE is going to have a field day at the Pentagon.
The essay is a discussion of the IG report on a drone attack which killed three USAR people in Syria last year. We will only quote a few grafs; the rest is a must-read.
... CENTCOM had requested anti-drone defense systems based on its risk analysis, but the entire US Army only had one, count them, one, system available, and it was reserved for redeployment training. Why you'd bother to use training time to gain familiarity with a system you will never see again is an unanswered question. Needless to say, nothing is too good for the troops, and that is exactly what they get. The base had one electronic warfare system designed to counter drones, but it was not used....
That would be one systemic and then one "applied" problem.
...Tower 22's radar was not optimized for the most likely threat. Frequently, operators could not distinguish birds from drones. A better radar system had been requested and denied....
You get the drift? The Pentagon has a ONE TRILLION DOLLAR BUDGET this year but will NOT send must-have (not "nice-to-have") equipment into danger zones.
Excuse us for asking, but WTF are they spending ONE TRILLION DOLLARS on?
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