Fortune
The ‘obscene economics’ of modern warfare show how the race to military supremacy is transforming, while U.S. rearmament relies on China
The cost asymmetry between offensive weapons and the defenses required to stop them has exposed a fundamental flaw in Western military strategy — a cheap drone can neutralize a missile that costs hundreds of times more. Russia's war in Ukraine turned this "obscene economics" from a theoretical concern into a battlefield reality, forcing NATO nations to rethink procurement and production at scale. The bitter irony is that America's rearmament push remains deeply dependent on Chinese-manufactured components, undermining the very industrial sovereignty the buildup is meant to project.
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