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. ▪️Times     •      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  Follow along on Instagram or YouTube @SchoolofWarPodcastFind a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack