Oops! Almost forgot one other thing on the technological front.
Space. Right now the situation is like about 1920. Then, the battleship reigned supreme just as the aircraft carrier was starting to replace the battlewagon.
Today, there is a plethora of spaceborne potentials out there. Strategic bombardment wan best be accomplished from orbit or from Luna. Usually using kinetic energy only coupled with pinpoint accuracy. Suborbital transport can ge the Mike Force there before you can say “Do you prefer Halls of Montezuma or Red Dawn?” And on and on and on.
And now for the beauty of a Space Navy: Spaceborned enterprises/industry can make everything down here look inexpensive.
THAT is how we can pay for all this without depriving ourselves or others. Good news finally, eh?
