Frank Kendall, Secretary of the Air Force during several Democratic presidencies, is concerned that reductions in basic science funding to American universities will result in the US population speaking Mandarin in the near future, as he explains in an article for the Military Times.
Academic researchers apply for grants from federal agencies who then award them with funding. In some cases an agency might initiate research by an established program on a subject related to something that is already being studied.
What sort of basic research would be most effective in stemming the advance of the yellow horde waiting to spring their Red command economy on the innocent West? Supersonic aircraft, nuclear carriers and submarines, nuclear weapons, poisonous gases, mind control, robot soldiers,drones, communicable diseases, orbital weapons, Havana syndrome, etc. have already moved from the drawing board to reality. Can we even imagine weaponry of a more "advanced" dimension? In fact, since there are enough nuclear warheads and devices to carry them to targets in the possession of a number of countries, isn't a general war now believed to be national suicide?
It looks like there's a chance for diplomacy to settle some of the big arguments but the less civilized, especially in parts of Africa, are dedicated to the most primitive forms of violence. Is there a chance that enlightened and well-financed American academia could figure out a way to bring peace to a cruel world without blowing a lot of it up?
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