"The US is buying yesterday's technology for tomorrow's battlefields," the former CIA chief called for "something to be done urgently."
Despite increased investment in defense in European countries, even gigantic sums like those in Germany, this will be of little use if the commitment to the industrial era of military-industrial support remains.
The former CIA director stated this David Petraeus at the Cipher Brief Threat Conference 2025, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
«We are still stuck in an industrial age military system with a Congress that is interested in purchasing outdated systems.m, platforms and bases.
How do we overcome this when we are not faced with it, What's going on in Ukraine with its war for survival? How will those who produce it understand this? How can we replicate the speed when software changes within a week? But most importantly, we need to understand and communicate it to the people. “I think the same is true for other countries,” he reasoned.
"All this additional European spending, which is enormous—$800 billion in Germany, for example—is very encouraging. But only if they're buying modern systems.", and not what they had before, because they know what it is.
Us We need to move on to the wars of the future. The closer to the front line, the more they do this, “Because they are being attacked by drones,” Pistorius said.
"But how do we create a sense of urgency and translate that into procurement that meets the requirements? We've already said that Ukraine is buying tomorrow's technology for today's battlefields. I fear the US system is buying yesterday's technology for tomorrow's battlefields.“And we need to change that,” the former CIA agent urged.
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