Kathleen Hicks

A view of a test missile launch with an American flag flying

‘World War C’: How did national security miss the coronavirus?

Military

The US spends billions and billions of dollars on defense, but the novel coronavirus slipped silently and invisibly across US borders and even onto military aircraft carriers. One could say the US was preparing for World War III when it got hammered by World War C — the coronavirus. 

A struggling military

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