this general laid out goals for preparing, he included building a fortified ready integrated and agile maneuver team inside the first island chain. will congress follow through on the demands you just said? first of all the executive branch has to make that decision. they control the department of defense. listen, he has background in the indough pacific region. his current command is that he would support it with airplanes. you take his counsel. he has an understanding of our deficiencies to be sure and that s what s driving him to his conclusions. we need to executive branch to step up and really thicken our defenses in the first island chain. we need more ships, we need more airplanes and more land forces that control and influence the major navigation routes in the region.
The ominous warning was delivered Friday in a memo from General Mike Minihan (pictured), who oversees the military branch s fleet of transport and refueling aircraft.
After an Air Force general predicted that the U.S. will be at war with China in 2025, Rep. Michael McCaul said he hopes this will not be the case but believes it is likely.