This War with China is coming.
We need to get our guys out of SW Asia and start preparing for War with China.
When you don’t want War...you go with “Peace through Strength”
When you don’t want War and you don’t prepare...
War comes to you.
We have advantages and now due to our focus on SW Asia and Terrorism, they have some advantages.
1. We need better range on our anti Ship missiles and Surface targeted missiles. We need better Range on our Surface Strike Missiles. We also need to explain to China that if attacked, military bases in Southern China do not have safe harbor.
2. We need more Deep Strike Penetration like the B-21 Raider due to A)our Air Craft Carriers being limited and put at risk by Chinese A2/AD cruise missiles and ballistic Anti-Ship Missiles. B) We need to innovate and find away to extend our NavAir assets.
We need to get our guys out of the ME and shore up our allies in the Pacific Rim.
WE need much longer range and much more stealth cruise missile that can be launched without detectable plumes with greater payloads, more launch platforms (sea, land and air) in much greater numbers....and an Asian anti-ballistic (and otherwise) iron dome like systems with triple back-up coms capability.
We also need to fairly quickly equip our ships with laser AA weapons. We are on the verge (2-4 years) of being able to shoot down cruise and anti-ship missiles from a couple miles away, for about $1 worth of electricity. https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2019/08/us-navy-and-missile-defense-agency-megawatt-lasers-by-2023-2024.html#more-158619.