Marines Prepare for Rising Challenge From China’s Military With Island Training
https://www.wsj.com/articles/marine...nas-military-with-island-training-11609689085
CAMP SOUMAGAHARA, Japan—The Marine Corps is stepping up training in Japan for island-based conflict in the Western Pacific, putting it at the leading edge of a pivot by the U.S. to face the military challenge from China.
The Marines are preparing for a far larger and more sophisticated adversary than extremists in the Middle East and Afghanistan, the focus of their operations in recent years. China’s military satellites, cyberwarfare capabilities, use of artificial intelligence and narrowing gap with U.S. firepower make it what the Pentagon calls a “near-peer” rival.
At one of a series of recent exercises, a few dozen Marines faded into long grass after touching down in two CH-47 Chinook helicopters, followed by Japanese soldiers arriving in two Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. Their simulated mission: avoiding detection and recapturing a port on an island inside the range of much of the enemy’s missiles and artillery.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Seems with an establishment guy back, and the guy who cast the deciding vote to authorize the iraq war of choice, war drums are starting to beat, first Iran, now china..... Think biden will get us into another war of choice, if he does, will we see anti war protests like we did with iraq?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/marine...nas-military-with-island-training-11609689085
CAMP SOUMAGAHARA, Japan—The Marine Corps is stepping up training in Japan for island-based conflict in the Western Pacific, putting it at the leading edge of a pivot by the U.S. to face the military challenge from China.
The Marines are preparing for a far larger and more sophisticated adversary than extremists in the Middle East and Afghanistan, the focus of their operations in recent years. China’s military satellites, cyberwarfare capabilities, use of artificial intelligence and narrowing gap with U.S. firepower make it what the Pentagon calls a “near-peer” rival.
At one of a series of recent exercises, a few dozen Marines faded into long grass after touching down in two CH-47 Chinook helicopters, followed by Japanese soldiers arriving in two Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. Their simulated mission: avoiding detection and recapturing a port on an island inside the range of much of the enemy’s missiles and artillery.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Seems with an establishment guy back, and the guy who cast the deciding vote to authorize the iraq war of choice, war drums are starting to beat, first Iran, now china..... Think biden will get us into another war of choice, if he does, will we see anti war protests like we did with iraq?
