"President Donald Trump painted an overly bleak picture of the condition of the armed forces today as he made his case for military expansion."
I found the reporter's comments on this statement to be muddled, and some of his quotes seem to contradict his point.
More research might have provided his article with more depth, if "the facts" were actually his goal.
The following, for example, is from Military and Aerospace Electronics.
"May 2016  Its a brand new day for Russian main battle tank design, with the latest generation Armata family potentially the technological equal -- some say a technological better - than the US M1 Abrams tank."
"March 2016  The Russian Military appears to be well along in developing hypersonic missiles primarily for anti-ship warfare....
A missile traveling at Mach 6 could reach a target 20 miles away in less than 30 seconds.  It would take a ... US Long Range Anti-Ship Missile more than four minutes to land an attack ...."