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Wednesday, August 21st, 2019

China could overwhelm US military in Asia in hours, Australian report says

Author:     Brad Lendon
Source:     CNN
Publication Date:     3:02 AM ET, Tue August 20, 2019 China releases video of 'Guam killer' missile Play Video
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Stephan:   The U.S. spends more on its military than the next seven countries combined, yet every war we have fought since, and including, Viet Nam we have lost. Why is this happening? Dwight Eisenhower the most knowledgable and militarily sophisticated person to ever occupy the White House warned us, the military was becoming basically a giant grift run by a small group of corporations principally for their profit. Just like our illness profit system.

Chinese missiles on display

HONG KONG — The US military is no longer the primary force in Asia, and missiles from China’s rapidly improving military could overwhelm its bases in hours, according to a new report.

The study by the United States Study Center, at the University of Sydney, in Australia, warned that America’s defense strategy in the Indo-Pacific region “is in the throes of an unprecedented crisis” and could struggle to defend its allies against China.
That means Australia, Japan and other US partners need to build up and refocus their forces in the region, and consider increased cooperation with the US, to ensure their security, the study claimed.
The report highlights areas where China’s military is making huge strides in comparison to the US and its Asian allies and partners. Chief among those is in missiles.
“China has deployed a formidable array of precision missiles and other counter-intervention systems to undercut America’s military primacy,” the report states. Those missiles number in the thousands, the report says.
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2 Comments

  1. John Gabriel Otvos on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at 3:49 am

    The military and industrial complex get paid by the bomb.

  2. Eric on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at 2:42 pm

    “is in the throes of an unprecedented crisis”. It’s all gobbledy-gook isn’t it? It’s all theatre. It’s all invented in someone’s mind to achieve an outcome beneficial to people who profit from such conflicts. At the end of the day, none of this is real. What’s real is our lives. The correct response for this ‘issue’ is: So what?