The former commander of the Pacific Forces of the US Army urged not to bet in a possible conflict with China only on the Air Force and Navy

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The former commander of the Pacific Forces of the US Army urged not to bet in a possible conflict with China only on the Air Force and Navy

The US Congress must stop cutting the army's budget, especially on modernization, so that it can play its proper role in the Indo-Pacific region and around the world, said General Bob Brown, former commander of the US Army's Pacific Forces.

According to the general, the attention of the West is now focused on the military conflict in Europe (Ukraine), but one should not forget about possible military actions in Asia.



For years, US defense budgets have been shaped by projections that future wars will be fought primarily in the air, at sea, and in cyberspace, with ground forces playing a modest supporting role. But the conflict in Ukraine has shown those predictions wrong, Brown said.

The general is convinced that no single area of ​​warfare will dominate a future conflict - even in the watery expanses of the Indo-Pacific region.

As commander of the US Pacific Army from 2016 to 2019, overseeing extensive experiments and exercises, I saw firsthand that victory would mean uniting the unique capabilities of each military service.

said Brown.

However, according to the general, the reduction in the military budget, as well as its inadequate distribution among military services, which has been observed recently, threaten this necessary unity of the US Army.

Brown urged to remember history military conflicts in Asia, in which the US military took part. Ground forces have always been an important component of the combined command of US forces in the Pacific in the three major wars - World War II, Korean and Vietnam, and there is no reason to expect this to change, Brown notes.

According to the general, some suggest that the air and naval forces dominate the Indo-Pacific region and that the war for Taiwan will be fought almost exclusively in these areas. But the rapid growth of China's military capabilities allows it to prevent the US Air Force and Navy from penetrating China's defenses if the Navy and Air Force are not supported by flexible, survivable military formations.

Advantage in a conflict with China requires the US military to challenge Beijing in all areas of the war, Brown said.

The lack of army resources for large-scale ground combat threatens US interests not only in the conflict in Taiwan, but also in the wider Indo-Pacific region, Europe and the Middle East, said the former commander of the US Pacific Forces.
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  1. +2
    28 January 2023 11: 03
    Nick has some strange livestock, sorry ... construction.)
    1. +1
      28 January 2023 11: 08
      Former Commander of the Army Pacific Forces
      The general himself is obvious! winked
      1. +1
        28 January 2023 11: 37
        And it is also obvious that large-scale ground operations, even with overwhelming technical superiority, the United States rarely succeeded.
        Bomb something, make a raid and run away until the enemy comes to his senses - yes. Puppet governments to control. They know how to practice.
        But to keep the territory with the population that hates them with the army - except that it worked out in Iraq.
    2. +3
      28 January 2023 11: 11
      Quote from Egeni
      strange livestock

      They took the gun from the third on the left - he didn’t deserve it! lol
      1. +2
        28 January 2023 11: 19
        they took the gun - didn’t deserve it!
        He has some kind of bulky bag on his right hip, and in it there is probably a big gun.
        1. +1
          28 January 2023 11: 37
          "she probably has a big gun." - nope ... big canned food.)
        2. +1
          28 January 2023 11: 43
          He is ten years older than everyone else in the ranks.
          Probably an instructor.
  2. +2
    28 January 2023 11: 08
    De biloids are already going to fight with China!
    And what, just to live peacefully religion does not allow?
    The navel will not tear? Will the population run out?
    Deaths, however. lol
  3. +1
    28 January 2023 11: 16
    The lack of army resources for large-scale ground combat threatens US interests.
    And there should be no threat to the interests of the United States. Therefore, all together to strengthen the ground forces. And what about the new recruits, who, according to the American media, have become problematic to recruit?
  4. +1
    28 January 2023 11: 18
    Is the US military preparing for war with China on the Korean Peninsula again? If it is Taiwan, then the Americans have no chance to deploy the Normandy model.
  5. +1
    28 January 2023 12: 50
    I wanted to give a thumbs up to my comrades, they say nizya without comment. And in a simple captain, this general is obvious.
  6. +1
    28 January 2023 14: 02
    Do the Americans have a land border with China or are they planning a full scale war with the Chinese? And then I think the number of Chinese ground forces cannot be compared with the United States.

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