Losing Military Supremacy- The Myopia Of Americ... (Trusted)

The introduction of systems like the 3M22 Zircon reportedly makes remote sea zones "no-sail" zones for U.S. aircraft carriers, which currently lack effective countermeasures.

Simultaneously, the officer corps—trained at West Point, Annapolis, and the Air Force Academy—has been optimized for PowerPoint presentations and joint staff rotations, not for tactical boldness or strategic creativity. Two decades of counterinsurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan taught officers how to conduct village stability operations, not how to fight a combined-arms breakthrough against a peer with electronic warfare superiority. Losing Military Supremacy- The Myopia of Americ...

Twenty years ago, if a crisis erupted in the Taiwan Strait, the U.S. could confidently sail two carrier groups into the Philippine Sea. Today, the PLA’s A2/AD bubble means those carriers would be within range of thousands of anti-ship ballistic missiles. The U.S. would have to fight from stand-off distances, using aerial tankers and long-range bombers, a far more brittle and logistically precarious option. The introduction of systems like the 3M22 Zircon

The title refers to the provocative book by Andrei Martyanov, a former Soviet military officer and defense analyst. Published in 2018, the book argues that American military and political elites are operating under a "strategic delusion," failing to recognize that the era of uncontested U.S. military dominance has ended. The Core Argument: A Crisis of Perception Two decades of counterinsurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan

Here lies the first myopia:

The book claims Russia has surpassed the U.S. in key domains such as EW, long-range cruise missiles, and diesel-electric submarines. Critical Reception and Modern Relevance