US Military Strength Rated ‘Marginal’; Currently a One-War Force, Report Says

US Military Strength Rated ‘Marginal’; Currently a One-War Force, Report Says
An F-35B fighter prepares to launch from the USS Essex on Sept. 27, 2018. Cpl. Francisco J. Diaz Jr./U.S. Marine Corps via Getty Images
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The two greatest military threats facing the United States are China and Russia, and the U.S. military currently wouldn’t be able to fight both simultaneously, a report released by The Heritage Foundation concludes.

At an event to mark the release of the report, the “2019 Index of US Military Strength,” at Heritage’s headquarters last week, Dakota Wood, who edited the index, called the U.S. military “[a] ‘one-war’ force marginally able to meet current national-security demands.”