The Pentagon's Modernization Plans Are Totally Out Of Sync With China Threat Estimates

Forbes: Air Force, Navy Plans Look Totally Out Of Sync With China Threat Estimates 

What’s wrong with this picture? 

Last week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that China has accelerated its timetable for taking control of Taiwan, and the Navy’s top officer said that a military campaign to achieve that outcome could begin as early as this year. 

But the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told the Senate Armed Services Committee in April that “we are trying to modernize the force for the future operating environment—2030 and beyond.” 

What’s wrong with the picture is that the Pentagon’s modernization plans are strikingly out of sync with the timeframe in which Beijing might present Washington with its biggest military challenge in decades.  

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WNU Editor: This is where the White House needs to step-up and provide leadership and direction for the Pentagon. Unfortunately I do not see it, and not surprising America's adversaries, including China, are noticing this disconnect, and they are taking advantage of it.

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