Peters: Under Proposed Pentagon Budget Navy Could Not Fight War With China -- Washington Free Beacon
Fox News military analyst Ralph Peters said under the proposed Pentagon budget the U.S. Navy could not fight a war with China Tuesday on Hannity.
Peters said although expensive weapons programs like the $350 million F-22 were supposed to be a cure all for future military conflicts, serious deficiencies are evident across different branches of the military. “We have carriers that are wonderful tools for showing the force, [but] they couldn’t survive in a war with China,” he said.
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