US Military Power Weak And Ill-equipped To Handle 2 Simultaneous Contingencies: Report

The U.S. military is "weak" and "at growing risk of not being able to meet the demands of defending America's vital national interests," says the Heritage Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based conservative think tank in its latest report titled: 2023 Index of U.S. Military Strength.

Considering the possibility of a competitor taking advantage of the U.S. being pre-occupied with another challenge, the current military force is at significant risk of being unable to tackle a single major regional conflict, which means it is "certainly ill-equipped to handle two nearly simultaneous" major regional contingencies, according to the 2023 Index.