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The US commander of STRATCOM, Admiral Charles A Richard, said the war in Ukraine was just a warm-up for America to face China. Photo / militare.com
“The Ukrainian crisis we are experiencing now, this is just a warming,” Richard said during a speech at the Naval Submarine League 2022 Annual Symposium and Industry Update.
“The big one is coming. And soon we will be tested in a way we haven’t tested in a long time,” he said, as quoted. News weekSaturday (5/11/2022).
“We need to make swift and fundamental changes in the way we approach defending this nation,” he said.
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“I’ll tell you, the current situation clearly explains what nuclear coercion looks like and how you are, or how you don’t resist,” he said.
“When I assess our level of deterrence towards China, the ship is slowly sinking. She is sinking slowly, but she is sinking, because in practice they put the skill on the pitch faster than us. ”
“When the curve continues, it doesn’t matter how good it is [rencana operasi] or how good our commanders are, or how good our horses are, we won’t have enough. And this is a very close problem “.
Richard also said that the United States needs to look at its military developments in the past to see how it can increase its dominance in the international military field.
“We knew how to move fast and we lost that art. We have to get back to work not to mention how we will reduce our failure hypotheses,” he said.
