There are significant implications to this cartoon besides the obvious.
First, hyper-sonic missiles may have made much of our naval units, such as aircraft carriers
obsolete. Carriers are expensive and take a long time to build, today. Our naval "
superiority" could be literally vaporized in less than 15 minutes.
Second, the US military has not fought a technological equal in over 70 years. The military generals of today did not earn their rank by fighting an "
equal" opponent. We may have the "
best" trained fighting force and equipment, but that needs to be effectively managed to combat an enemy, which is done by the generals. So I wonder, if our existing generals who are used to "
defeating" inferior technologically equipped opponents (and who are now apparently distracted by critical race theory) can take on an opponent who is technologically (more or less) equivalent and possibly more focused on winning.