Vector Strategy Predicts Next War Will Peak In 2027 and Suggests That The US Cannot Ramp Up For The Next War From Sequestered Funding Levels

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Using a mathematical model developed by the Italian physicist Cesare Marchetti and statistical analysis, Vector Strategy has developed a funding scenario for the Iraq / Afghanistan War drawdown and the next war funding peak of 2027.

“Most DOD funding analyses initiate with 1947 data. By reaching back to 1805, our analysis includes 150 additional years of DOD funding data. This allows us to provide a more comprehensive analysis with tighter confidence intervals than other published DOD funding analyses.”

According to Marcia Price, president of Vector Strategy, “Cesare Marchetti has conducted several thousand analyses of historical time series and consistently finds that a logistic or diffusion model fits the data in a predictive format. Marchetti has applied his model to military and war cycles with well documented results. We applied his model to US Department of Defense (DOD) funding from 1805 to 2013 and use that analysis to present a historically-derived scenario of future US DOD funding.”

Results from Vector Strategy’s “Next War Funding Report” suggest that the US could be involved in another conflict or contingency operation that would exhibit peak DOD funding in 2027.

Ms. Price continues, “Most DOD funding analyses initiate with 1947 data. By reaching back to 1805, our analysis includes 150 additional years of DOD funding data. This allows us to provide a more comprehensive analysis with tighter confidence intervals than other published DOD funding analyses.”

Since 1805, the US has been involved in twelve significant wars or DOD funding ramp-ups. Applying Marchetti’s model, Vector Strategy uses these twelve war funding cycles to predict peak annual funding and total spending associated with the next war. In addition, they have calculated annual DOD funding for 2018 to 2036 using the cumulative distribution function.

A significant takeaway from Vector Strategy’s analysis is that $533 billion is the minimum annual funding that the DOD can be sustained at and still adequately ramp up to support the next war funding cycle. If sequestration is not enacted, the DOD could meet the initial cap requirements of the Budget Control Act of 2011 and successfully ramp up to meet the funding requirements of the next war effort. If sequestration is enacted and annual DOD funding is capped to between $498 billion and $508 billion in 2016 to 2020, the US may not be able to successfully ramp up to support the next war funding effort. All funding amounts are stated in constant 2013 dollars.

Vector Strategy’s full analysis and report is available for purchase and electronic delivery. Visit www.vector-strategy.com or contact Marcia Price at 910-420-2208 for more information.

About Vector Strategy, Inc.

Vector Strategy advises companies in the defense, military vehicle, and armor industries on technology trends, government procurement, market size and growth, and supply chain issues.