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China deterrence

USAF’s ‘Aircraft Shelter Gap’ with China Creates a Flaw in Deterrence: Report

Jan. 13, 2025 | By Shaun Waterman
Pouring concrete to make hardened shelters for aircraft on the ground may not be as sexy as building next-generation fighter jets, but it may be just as important for the U.S. in a potential conflict with China, according to airpower scholars.

What Does Brown Offer Biden as Chairman? ‘Holistic’ View on Deterrence, Deployments

June 7, 2023 | By Chris Gordon
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Brown cautioned that America must align its strategic goals with the deployment of military assets. “You can make a decision in a moment not realizing what the impact is going to be further down that line,” ...

US and Japan Agree to Protect Each Other in Space, Citing Chinese Threat

Jan. 12, 2023 | By Chris Gordon
The U.S. and Japan are expanding their security commitment into space as part of a series of new actions aimed at bolstering the countries' defenses against China and other threats in the Pacific. U.S. officials said “attacks to, from, or within space” could lead to ...

Ukraine War Shows Congress that Arming Taiwan Now Can Deter China

May 20, 2022 | By Abraham Mahshie
Lawmakers studying the lessons learned from the Ukraine war believe that speeding delivery of F-16s and Stingers among other kit to Taiwan, and forming a clear defensive coalition in the Pacific, could deter China from a mid-decade invasion. “I hope we've learned our lesson from ...

Watch, Read: Leaders of US Space Command, US Northern Command Discuss Threats to the Homeland

March 10, 2022
Army Gen. James H. Dickinson, commander of U.S. Space Command, and USAF Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, commander of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, discuss threats to the homeland during the AFA Warfare Symposium on March 3, 2022. Watch the video or read ...

PACAF: China May See Opportunity in European Crisis, Calls for Upgrades Now

March 3, 2022 | By Abraham Mahshie
As the world watches Russia in Eastern Europe, concerns are rising that China could find opportunity in crisis when it comes to Taiwan and the South China Sea, Pacific Air Forces commander Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach said March 3 at the AFA Warfare Symposium. “I'm ...

Vice Chair Nominee Pushes Nuclear Modernization to Deal with China, Russia in Confirmation Hearing

Dec. 8, 2021 | By Greg Hadley
Adm. Christopher W. Grady, nominee to be vice chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Senators during his Dec. 8 confirmation hearing that the Pentagon needs to be prepared to deal with “two nuclear peer competitors," calling China’s rapid growth of its nuclear capabilities ...

US, South Korea Seek to Broaden Alliance, Bolster Indo-Pacific Security

Dec. 2, 2021 | By Greg Hadley
As the Pentagon increasingly pivots its focus to strategic competition with China, the U.S. will look to expand its partnership with South Korea to increase security across the entire Indo-Pacific region, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said Dec. 2 during a visit to the ...

VanHerck: ‘Russia is the Primary Military Threat to the Homeland Today’

Sept. 21, 2021 | By Abraham Mahshie
Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, commander of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, said Russia remains the most urgent and immediate threat to the homeland even while China captures the attention of defense policymakers. VanHerck explained that while China is the “long-term existential ...

Austin Announces Increased Air Operations, Force Deployments to Australia

Sept. 16, 2021 | By Abraham Mahshie
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III revealed Sept. 16 further air defense cooperation measures with Australia and that more U.S. troops will be heading there, going beyond President Joe Biden’s announcement a day earlier that the United States and United Kingdom will share nuclear submarine ...

As China’s Military Might Rises, the US Must Master Change to Prepare for Next War, Milley Says

Aug. 2, 2021 | By Abraham Mahshie
The U.S. must adapt to the "changing character of war" or face "devastating consequences," Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark A. Milley said Aug. 2. Milley said at least 40 to 50 new technologies, including unmanned systems and artificial intelligence, are ...

DOD’s $715 Billion Budget Request Focuses on Research and Development to Counter China

May 28, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
The Pentagon’s $715 billion budget request aims to increase research and development, with a key focus on what is needed in the Indo-Pacific, and it will chop old aircraft to do it. The Biden administration’s first budget request, released May 28, includes the biggest total ...
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