The Simple Reason Why America Could Lose the Next Cold War to Russia or China

Very recommendable! Bureaucratic burdens and massive overregulation are killers to defense procurement! Government mandated caps on profits or pervasive micromanagement don't help either.

"In order to provide Persian language analysis to the U.S. Army as an individual from my home, for example, I must provide certifications on everything from waste disposal and recycling to electrical safety in my home office to promises to be an equal opportunity employer and spend hours filling out paperwork completely irrelevant to my work or deliverables. For those manufacturing small parts and critical technology, the requirements are even more onerous, and erode already miniscule profit margins."

"Agility also matters. In the time it takes to build a ship, technology can undergo generational change. Inflexible contracts determining technological specifications at the time of initial allocation simply means that at the ship’s launch, its onboard computers and software will be obsolete rather than cutting edge."

The Simple Reason Why America Could Lose the Next Cold War to Russia or China | The National Interest: To win the new Cold War, the United States must tap its private-sector technological superiority. Victory is not possible, however, if the Pentagon continues to rely on antiquated, clunky, and counterproductive processes.