mentioned, intended to evade u.s. missile defenses calling it, quote, increases tensions in the region. so i ask you, jamil, what can the state department and the biden administration really coto stop china? well, arthel, there s a lot of things we need to be doing. starts with what austin s about to talk about, china does pose a very real strategic threat to the u.s. not just in the region, but globally. what that the means is we need to look at things like the fact that they re building more nuclear warheads, missile silos, building hypersonic weapons that can reach the united states rapidly and deliver weapons that can move in an agile way. there s a lot that china s doing, but they re the also getting aggressive in taiwan, aggressive with india, so we ve got to respond to that, put pressure on them. so i think they re saying the right thing, now it s time for action. secretary austin s going to talk
thinking about next year and the next election. that s not just our politicians, that s also american electorate, right? the modern way we get our news on twitter and facebook, and we re in smaller and smaller groups of people that agree with us, right in we tend to isolate ourselves in these points of view, and the truth the our enemies are watching and saying how can we take advantage of the fact that america s divided? if we come together as a key superpower even as china rises up, the only way we re going to do that is if we put aside and realize the enemy is not here at home, it s out there. arthel: well, listen, the american people want to know what secretary austin is going to say in terms of the plans to address these the very, very serious problems. and, of course, he s going to say as much as he can without giving away the scent sauce of making his secret sauce of
own hit or miss, between it to us@jer on nnc. thanks to all of you for watching. hope to see you right here next week. jer@fnc. arthel: we are moments away from defense secretary lloyd austin s keynote address at the reagan national defense forum. the pentagon chief is set to speak of two potential crises, one involving a former superpower, the other with the power on the rise. hello, everyone, welcome to fox news live, i m arthel neville. eric: hi, arthel. thank you for joining us in this special edition of fox news live, i m eric shawn. secretary austin s remarks coming as china s communist beijing continues to threaten
china challenge, saying hat department of defense that the county of defense because not seek confrontation or conflict, but america does not fear competition, will meet it with confidence and resolve, not fear and panic. and secretary austin also addressed we want to become more lethal from greater distances, more resistant from land, sea, air and cyberspace, of course, again bringing the american way of war into the 21st century. and he mentioned integrated deterrence, we are stronger when we work together with our friends and that we are working okay, leapt me let s listen in to bret baier now. i want to follow up with your speech about china, but i want to start with something that s pressing right now on international stage, and that is that senior officials are confirming to us that russian plans call for a military offensive against ukraine as
nation. those are the real issues strategically for the united states. eric: general jack keane, always good of to see you and have you with your astute analysis. ing we ll keep you around as we wait for the defense secretary to give his speech at the reagan national defense forum as you can see right now. thank you. arthel: all right, eric. we re going to see if we can fit in jamil jaffer, founder and executive director of the national security institute, former counsel to the assistant attorney general for national security at the department of justice, though like general keane, you have a lot to offer on these very topics and, of course, you might get interrupted by the secretary of defense. so on thursday, secretary austin vowed to confront potential military threats many asia and warning that its pursuit of hypersonic weapons, eric just