Ep 161: Mackenzie Eaglen on China’s Military Spending and Ours
Mackenzie Eaglen, senior fellow at AEI and author of Keeping Up with the Pacing Threat: Unveiling the True Size of Beijing’s Military Spending, joins the show to discuss the dire situation the U.S. defense budget is in.
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Show Notes
Mackenzie Eaglen, senior fellow at AEI and author of Keeping Up with the Pacing Threat: Unveiling the True Size of Beijing’s Military Spending, joins the show to discuss the dire situation the U.S. defense budget is in.
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• 01:22 Introduction
• 02:48 Keeping up
• 05:26 China’s spending
• 10:01 Equipment costs
• 13:46 “Stealing our stuff”
• 18:25 5 alarm fire
• 20:32 U.S. budget truths
• 24:50 BCA 101
• 31:32 Today or tomorrow
• 39:23 Defense is cheaper, not better
• 43:21 Solutions
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