Posted on 06/10/2021 11:07:41 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
rmy General Mark Milley, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned on Thursday that China's military is rapidly expanding its capabilities, saying that the U.S. must take steps to ensure that it maintains a competitive advantage moving forward.
Milley, who has served as the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff since September 2019, made the assessment during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday. The top U.S. general cautioned that the Chinese military has been building its capabilities at "a very serious and sustained rate," Reuters first reported.
"We must ensure that we retain our competitive and technological edge," Milley said.
The top general's remarks came as Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and President Joe Biden have raised similar concerns about China's growing military prominence and influence throughout the world. Austin described China's behavior as "increasingly assertive," defending Biden's proposed $715 billion military budget for the 2022 fiscal year, according to Bloomberg.
NEWSWEEK NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP > "The request is driven by our recognition that our competitors—especially China—continue to advance their capabilities," Austin said during the Senate committee hearing on Thursday. "We must out-pace those advances to remain a credible deterrent to conflict around the world," he warned.
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But are they diverse? Trans, gays, etc. all included?
And Biden is helping as fast as he can.....................
Maybe we can drop a couple of battalions of social workers on them. I don’t think pallets of $100s will work on them.
A little late to the party are you, General? Ask Taiwan and the Philippines about that rate.
Maybe we can drop a couple of battalions of social workers on them. I don’t think pallets of $100s will work on them.
A little late to the party are you, General? Ask Taiwan and the Philippines about that rate.
Don’t worry about it, China’s not the problem, climate change is the problem.
I know! Let’s ship as much of our industrial base as possible overseas (especially to China) and give as many good jobs as possible to foreigners! That will show them! /s
We all know damn well that Biden would hand our country over to the enemy in a heartbeat.
For a price..........................
Why wouldn’t they? They would be stupid not to. Same with Russia, Iran, etc.
Biden just told the troops in England that the Joint Chiefs advise that global warming is the biggest threat. How can we possibly survive?
China’s greatest military force is the army of foreign politicians and influencers they have purchased.
Well, are they increasing perverts?
If not, they’ll never be victorious.
As Liz Cheney and the other DC RINOs drool over all the money they’ll make in another US war
Funded by Americans that keep buying their $hit….personally I avoid their junk like the plague….
Probably insufficient to the need! Add at least a brigade of lawyers, a murder of woke academicians, several flocks of human resource managers and a congress of Democratic Party officeholders as well. Oh ... no returns accepted!
Chinese Military: 2.6 Million
American Total Armed Forces: 1.3 Million
American Gun Owners: 72 Million
I’m not worried. :)
And they are building it with the interest we are paying them on our debt.
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