Uh, ... yikes?!
First off, the US military is already the most powerful military in the world several times over. The last thing they need is super suits that
We'll have to agree to disagree there.
The US military & their R&D division is already working on Iron-Man / Spartan style Exo-Skeleton powered suits IRL.
So that's nothing new or surprising.
Second, the fact that a guy like Anderson is put in charge of this operation shows that you can't depend on the military to put the right people in positions of power. Even if you get rid of Anderson, the replacement might be just as bad or even worse.
Was General Lane that bad?
You could also get good people to be put in charge, it all depends on the writing staff and how they want to structure things for the sake of artificial drama. Since they're insistent on portraying the US military as the bad guys, we get that portrayal.
Not to mention that, third, other branches of the military would want their own suits, including Black Ops, then we're into mass production, which the military wouldn't do themselves but outsource it to Lockheed-Martin or another such big arms manufacturer, so not only would the risk of a bad actor in the military using the suits for their own agenda be way too high, but there is a high potential for corrupt businesspeople selling these suits on the black market. So suddenly, you're faced with terrorists and criminal organisations with Steel suits.
That's no different than what's happening IRL with the current business environment.
You don't think that the US Government is monitoring our own Military Contractors to make sure they don't sell to bad actors?
We have entire programs dedicated to monitoring them, to make sure military level arms don't go to the wrong people.
The only difference is what you're selling.
If it isn't a fighter jet, attack chopper, tank, or naval warship, it's a powered suit.
We deal with that risk everyday.
Traitors, Double Agents, & Leakers are always a threat; in any organization and nation.
That's something we have to deal with and constantly be on the look out for.
What you should be worried about is our local government officials and their infinite stupidity in what they think of is a good idea. Just look at "
Operation Fast & Furious". That was a BAD IDEA from the get go, but the idiots in power wanted it to happen, and all it did was make things worse in Mexico and empowered the cartels.
And, forth, what do you think other countries would make of this? You think Russia, China, North Korea and Iran would be happy? Of course not. Hell, Russia feels threatened by regular NATO troops too close their border, if the US military had Steel suits, they'd be on full alert. Not only would all these countries (and others, as well) have their own tech departments working on coming up with similar suits, they'd have spies trying their hardest getting their hands on blueprints. So now you've got a new international arms race over super suits.
Those Authoritarian Regimes aren't happy with anything the Western Democracies do.
And they're ALWAYS constantly spying, hacking, trying to steal our technological secrets.
Have you not been following the news over the past few decades?
That's just a normal day of the week.
The Powers in charge in Russia, China, North Korea, & Iran?
They FEAR Democracy and losing their strangle hold on absolute Power at the top of their government.
Xi Jin-Ping, he fears losing power; that's why he wrote his name into the Chinese Constitution to make himself President for life. Or as I like to call him, Presitator for life.
Do you think Vladamir Putin will give up power at the top? The man is on his 4th Presidential Term. The ex-KGB agent is has been in power at the top since 1999.
North Korea has the Kim Dynasty that cements their family at the top since the end of the Korean War.
Iran has their chosen Religious leaders at the top.
Cuba, has Castro and his family running the entire country for decades.
They're always on Full Alert / Wary of losing power, especially since our goal as Western Democracies is to make sure their people becomes liberated from Authoritarian Regimes and to see a end to their Despotic ways.
We as Western Democratic Nations have a duty to tear down any Authoritarian Regimes and to bring more Democracy to their people.
That has been our goal since day one. If you don't think that's been our goal as Western Democratic Nations, you're deluding yourself.
The same can be said with any Authoritarian Regime. Their goal is to spread Authoritarianism around the world and to make sure to rule / control everything with their own friends in power or they themselves taking over more land / power.
You don't really think the CCP / Xi Jin-Ping's "Belt & Road Initiatives" are about actually doing good for the world via trade, do you? It's the CCP's tactic for "Debt-Trap Diplomacy" where they slowly take over poorer countries and expand their influence by gaining critical logistic points like a harbor, rail depot, airports, military bases, etc.
If you haven't been following the news, you should. You should be VERY worried about what XJP and the CCP are up to.
The end goal is the same, they want to control the world / rule the world via Authoritarianism.
We, the Western Democratic Countries want a world run by Democracy and a alliance of democratic nations.
The end goal is the same, it's a long term Life/Death struggle for supremacy of ideology, power, & control between Nation States.
