Re: Meanwhile...
...the US is making great strides in funding future Russian missile programs through our own ineptitude and almost comical dependence on Russian engines.
Don't worry: you are also making great leaps forward in funding Chinese missile (and carrier, and fighter, and electronic warfare) programs through your own ineptitude and clearly comical dependence on Chinese manufacturing capability for pretty much anything and everything you consume.
I always thought that in the Asimov's Foundation series, America was the Foundation. Now I am not so sure: perhaps it is the old Galactic Empire after all, and China is the Foundation.