US media: Around China, the U.S. military is losing its military advantage

The United States "New York Times" June 15th article, original topic: In Asia, the United States is losing its military advantage. China knows that a Chinese fighter aircraft is flying close to the South China Sea International Water on the same month. This belongs to a recent series of incidents, indicating that China is increasingly willing to test the US and Asian partners in military. As the strength, advancedness and confidence of the Chinese armed forces grow, the military deterrent dominated by the United States in the Indo -Pacific region is losing its power. Taking the US's garrison in the region as an example, about 55,000 military personnel in Japan were 28,000 in South Korea, and thousands of people were deployed in Australia, the Philippines, Thailand and Guam. However, due to insufficient budgets, competing priorities, and lack of consensus on how Washington responded to China, the US garrison plan was blocked.

The Pentagon has increased the investment in cutting -edge technologies such as artificial intelligence and heaven system, and prepares for high -tech conflicts that may occur with China in the future. However, unless you invest in new resources as soon as possible, when deploying these technologies in the United States, the power balance is likely to completely turn to benefit China.

The U.S. army is scattered worldwide, and China can concentrate their troops in their surrounding areas to win future conflicts. China currently has this ability. China has the world's largest navy and Asia's largest air force and powerful missile libraries. The goal is to prevent the United States from projected military forces to the West Pacific in the crisis. China's new aircraft carrier is about to be completed, and other new equipment is being developed or has been put into use. In contrast, the US military deployment in Asia was dragged down by the Middle East conflict. The Ukrainian war has forced Biden to postpone and re -draft the "National Defense Strategy and National Security Strategy" and face how to deal with the problems of China and Russia at the same time. In order to reverse the situation, the United States should expand the "Pacific deterrence initiative", strengthen the existence of the United States in the west of Hawaii, and reduce the exposure of the US military in front of China's long -range missiles ... but all these may still not be enough. China's challenges are getting bigger and bigger, and the United States can no longer rely on the balance of military forces itself in Asia. The United States must give priority to threats from China, strengthen military forces in Asia and turn to Australia, Japan, and India to support collective defense strategies.

For a long time, the United States has ignored its defense strategy in Asia, and it is not urgent that China ’s challenge is important. The scenes staged in Europe remind the United States what will happen when deterrence. (Author Ashley Donori, etc., translated by Qiao Heng)

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