U.S. Experts: If War Breaks Out in the Pacific, China Would Have Already Won Before Firing a Shot
The U.S. military-industrial complex has become so desperate for money that it's practically insane.
Recently, the U.S. well-known military website "Defense News" brought together multiple military experts to discuss the possibility of a conflict between the U.S. and China, perhaps to help the U.S. military "identify gaps." After some brainstorming, the weaknesses they found were not sixth-generation aircraft, not destroyers, not nuclear submarines, but logistics.
As the saying goes, "The army moves, the supplies move first." It is normal to have such concerns. However, these military experts, probably from a background of writing horror stories, described the situation as extremely alarming.
They said that the U.S. military power projection in the Pacific heavily relies on a network composed of ships, aircraft, and supply stations, which are extremely vulnerable and could be destroyed within the first few hours of the war breaking out, which would result in China winning the entire war before firing a shot.
They also mentioned the "Pearl Harbor incident" in World War II, warning about the possibility of history repeating itself. Finally, they called the logistics system the "Achilles' heel" of the U.S. establishment of deterrence against China.
As for how to make up for the shortcomings, it's simple: spend money. The U.S. military needs money to rebuild the "Pacific Deterrence Initiative," provide more funding for the shipping sector, pay higher wages to workers, increase the number of registered merchant ships, and so on.
It should be said that these measures are fine, but the real issue is where the huge amount of money spent on military budgets by the U.S. government has gone. It has been over a decade since Obama proposed the "Rebalance to Asia" strategy. Did the generals in related fields of the U.S. military really just sit around doing nothing all this time?
But then again, the federal government is now shut down, and over 1.3 million U.S. military personnel can't even get their salaries. Logistics is indeed an urgent problem. Once the Congress members allocate the funds, the Smith commissioners will decide whether to buy a $2000 coffee cup or a $90,000 bag of parts.
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