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Home Front: WoT
Pentagon chief outlines main threat to US military in secret document
2025-03-31
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Hush, now. Whatever you do, don’t let the Russians know!
[Regnum] The issues of containing China from seizing Taiwan are the main priorities for the American army. This was stated by Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth in a secret document on national defense for the US military .

"China is the only permanent threat to the [US Defense Department]. Preventing China from taking Taiwan over and making it a fait accompli while protecting the United States is the only scenario for the department," Hegseth said.
From this I infer that we aren’t worried about jihadis anymore…
According to The Washington Post, the Secretary signed and distributed the “interim strategic guidance for national defense” within the department in mid-March.

The document views a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan as an exceptional scenario that should be prioritized over other possible threats.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, on March 21, the head of the White House, Donald Trump, said that the United States is not interested in a war with China, but is well prepared for it. The American president added that he would not like to demonstrate this to anyone.

In late January, the Financial Times reported, citing satellite images and intelligence sources, that the Chinese military had begun construction of what would be the world's largest military command center, 10 times the size of the U.S. Pentagon. Experts believe it would house large, hardened bunkers to protect China's military leaders in any conflict, including a potential nuclear war.

In 2024, the People's Republic of China increased its defense spending by 7.2 percent, the largest increase in five years.

Posted by:badanov

#6   From BBQ grills, IC chips, to something like 3 of 10 key medications and 91% of all generic med's.

We could probably go without at least half of that stuff cold turkey without suffering any harm whatsoever.
Posted by: trailing wife   2025-03-31 23:25  

#5  
Posted by: badanov   2025-03-31 23:05  

#4  If that's indeed the case, the utter dependence of the US economy on imports from the PRC IS the main threat to US military & the USA as a whole.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2025-03-31 10:06  

#3  ^😎
Posted by: Grom the Affective   2025-03-31 04:36  

#2  
Americans would do well to remember the CCP manufactures and produces much of what we buy and use.

From BBQ grills, IC chips, to something like 3 of 10 key medications and 91% of all generic med's.

We (USA) needs to focus on manufacturing and producing what we need on this side of the ocean. Like putting NAFTA to use like it was originally intended to be used.

BTW; one of the benefits NAFTA was sold to voters on was.
It would drastically reduce the Illegal numbers we were seeing, by putting them to work in their own countries.
Posted by: NN2N1   2025-03-31 04:23  

#1  From this I infer that we aren’t worried about jihadis anymore

Once you decide to let "liberals" go whistle up a tree (these who don't follow western rules of war, are not entitled to protection of these rules) - jihadis are not a problem.
Posted by: Grom the Affective   2025-03-31 02:59  

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