Oh my God. The Chinese Army has a game plan and made a promise to its people that it would reabsorb Taiwan by 2027.
They will be attacking that Island before the next president is out of office. They have the ships. And they're not at all stressed about it.
Audit first, then assess if cuts are needed.
Also, open up gov contracts to more bidders.
See how SpaceX cut the cost of sending rockets into space by at least 1/10