How much more does the Pentagon need that it doesn't already have? You can add up the military budgets of the other top 10 countries and they don't even equal that of the USA...
When people read this report from the Pentagon, they would do well to realize it’s budget time.
They produce something similar every year or two. And have ever since the first Cold War.
The Pentagon, and the Chinese equivalent know that any US-China engagement would be disastrous for the Chinese.
This being particularly egregious: “and dwarves the air-forces of any Indo-Pacific power.”
China has a total of approx 3,000 military aircraft. The US Navy alone has nearly 4,000 of a total force of 14,000.
And don’t even get me going on the proven quality advantage of ALL US equipment.