At least in the US the military works at the speed of congressional appropriations.

If Congress and the President agree to what you consider a “4-6 year lag” in whatever response we take then, the best Service and COCOM chiefs can do is give advice and then execute orders.

Call and vote for your congressperson if you want lasting change in the use of the DoD.

What if our democracy is the weakest link in the chain and as it is guarantees failure?

Does the fact that for some reason most humans literally cannot even contemplate this idea not seem like a bit of a risky situation to ignore, while representing/perceiving that we are thinking rationally??

To me, this is a recipe for disaster, the blind leading the blind.