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Donald Moskowitz
Londonderry, NH
The Heritage Foundation Study of March 4, 2026 exposes military threats from four countries.
China poses the biggest threat to our national security. It has more naval vessels than the United States. China continues to claim sovereignty over the South China Sea and threaten Taiwan, the Philippines and Japan. It desires to control the Far East sea lanes, which could impact world trade.
Russia's nuclear arsenal, including non-strategic nuclear weapons, is second to the U.S. Its invasion of Ukraine creates an ongoing threat to Europe. Russia wants to reestablish the Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe. It deploys significant naval forces, including submarines, around the world.
North Korea possesses nuclear warhead missiles able to reach U.S. Pacific bases and the mainland U.S. It has a large standing army, and it threatens to invade South Korea where we have 30,000 troops. It is expanding its Navy and could impede seaborne commerce.
Iran threatens stability in the Middle East and the availability of 20% of the world's oil supply.
Are we ready to respond to belligerence from these adversaries? Hopefully, the dire food and drinking water conditions and seriously low morale reports by dependent families of the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln are not indicative of our Navy's readiness. Based on my experiences with naval deployments, the chain of command for the Abraham Lincoln from the top on down; including the ship's captain are not doing their jobs. Some officials had the audacity to say everything is OK on the ship.