In the event of war between the United States and China in the western Pacific region, the outposts likely would be important targets for the Americans.
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Do we really believe the era of low-intensity wars has ended?
Here s What You Need to Remember: In again putting the A-10 on the chopping block, the Air Force is assuming it won’t ever fight anything short of a full-scale war against a peer enemy.
The U.S. Air Force in its 2021 budget proposal asked Congress to let it retire 44 of its roughly 280 A-10 Warthog attack jets. It’s the second time in recent years that the flying branch has tried to slash the A-10 fleet.
It’s fair to say that, in the 2020s, budget appropriations are the biggest threat to the low-flying Warthog. Thirty years ago, the threat was very different.
Why China s Missile Capabilities Should Terrify the U.S. Military
China has conducted several missile tests in the South China Sea in recent years and placed anti-ship missiles in strategic areas which could threaten American interests.
Here s What You Need to Remember: In moving a dozen DF-26 launchers to Inner Mongolia, around 2,000 miles from the Paracels, China reportedly aims to protect the rockets from boost-phase interception.
The Chinese military lobbed anti-ship ballistic missiles into the South China Sea in tests in early July 2019.
The missile trials underscored Beijing’s increasing militarization of resource-rich waters on which several countries have conflicting claims.