This network expansion serves several purposes: to increase the total number of assets available to deploy against China, if need be to explore more forward-basing opportunities that would spread U.S. The 2018 National Defense Strategy aims to shore up not only troops and weapons to deter a fight in the Pacific, but also to expand its network of allies in the region. There’re also growing concerns about cyber warfare and space.Ĭhina’s moves are so bold that the Pentagon has reoriented its entire worldview. Other triggers could include China’s land claims across the region, its growing economic might, shifting regional alliances and the ever-present tensions on the Korean peninsula. And, of course, those seas are heavily trafficked by ships, both military and commercial, adding more potential for confrontations. freedom-of-navigation operations in the South and East China seas that so irritate the Chinese. “This will undoubtedly embolden the PLA’s provocative behavior in the South and East China seas, and anywhere else the Chinese government has deemed critical to its interests.”įriction across the region is ripe for escalation - from the long-standing Chinese threats against Taiwan to the the U.S. 26 at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu.
The Chinese military “continues to pursue an aggressive modernization plan to achieve a world-class military by the middle of the century,” he said Aug.
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