Posted on 11/25/2024 11:29:04 AM PST by Retain Mike
Air Force Gen. Anthony Cotton, speaking at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event, added “for the United States nuclear deterrence is baseline strategy” stopping adversaries from crossing thresholds because they know American capability to respond.
China, being a nuclear power and rapidly expanding its arsenal, changes the strategic equation from the Cold War with the Soviet Union, he said. Where there was little economic interaction between Moscow and Washington in the Cold War, Beijing is a major trading partner with the United States.
That “makes the whole dynamic a little different.” Later in the session, Cotton, Strategic Command’s commander, asked rhetorically, “what do we do to prevent conflict” before it can escalate to nuclear war.
In the discussion, he noted Russia’s latest shift in nuclear doctrine. The New York Times reports the new doctrine allows Moscow to use nuclear weapons if an attack poses a “critical threat” to sovereignty or territorial integrity.
The announcement came a few days after President Joe Biden permitted Ukraine to fire longer-range Army Tactical Missile System weapons [ATACMS] into Russian territory.
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China, being a nuclear power and rapidly expanding its arsenal, changes the strategic equation,
“The task force is comprised of U.S. forces providing our Philippines allies with enhanced cooperation and interoperability for their maritime operations.”
Using standards set forth by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the Philippine Maritime Zones Act and Philippine Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act identify the country’s internal waters, archipelagic waters, territorial sea, contiguous zone, exclusive economic zone, continental shelf and sea lanes. China condemned the new laws, claiming that they destabilize the region and reiterated its claims by posting a list of coordinates detailing maritime features, including Sabina and Second Thomas Shoals, and their Chinese names.
On Monday at 11 a.m., the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) confirmed Shandong, together with cruiser CNS Yan’an (106) and destroyer CNS Zhanjiang (165), were sailing in an area 447 miles south of Miyako Island.
Supported by gunboats and a former U.S. Coast Guard cutter, Philippine Navy SEALs and Marines approached a South China Sea island owned by Manila in a simulated seizure drill as Chinese forces observed from afar on Wednesday.
I wish you had numbered each one of the excerpts to limit my confusion.
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I’ve counted your exact same post now in over 6 threads. Find something new.
USNI keeps having articles on the same subject. I plan to keep posting these updates.
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