1. This logic is true for all, and Pakistani constraints are much deeper than that of US.
2. Agenda of these briefings is to make sure that flow of funds to advance defense-related programs, will continue.
Put yourself in the shoes of an American naval officer and you are assigned the responsibility of securing release of large sums of money to facilitate USN' modernization drive. What would be your line-of-argument in the Senate?
"Look, we can bomb DPRK to dust but we still need funds. Here is my pocket..."
Does not work like that.
A sound approach is to hype defense-related capabilities of potential adversaries by tenfold, to draw attention of senators.
3. I am aware of this line-of-argument about China but it is 100% PsyOps.
FYI:
https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/new-...mbling-to-counter-china.615656/#post-11407659
4. Those are not propaganda videos but 'simulations' of actual advances in defense-related matters of US.
Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) is real:
https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/cec-coooperative-enagagement-for-fleet-defense-updated-03120/
US have adopted very complex and realistic testing regime for its defense-related experiments over the course of years.
MDA = Defensive applications
RED FLAG = Combat tactics and/or doctrines in the face of challenging adversaries
BLUE FLAG = Operational realities
To name a few.
5. Not necessarily, but yes, offensive strategies are really important because you cannot defeat the enemy otherwise.
Do you really think that USN will simply wait for a potential adversary to make its moves and subject its vessels to firepower unhindered? Not a sound assumption, right?
6. Starting a war with a regional power, is a major political decision with far-reaching implications including global pressures.
Even though Iran is an active participant in the dirty politics of the Middle East and its controversial track record of raising militias in other countries is an open-secret, White House is unable to find many allies in its moves against Iran at present.
But Iran is no longer safe...