Admiral John C. Aquilino, left, Commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), looks at videos of Chinese structures and buildings on board a US P-8A Poseidon reconaissance plane flying at the Spratlys group of islands in the South China Sea on Sunday March 20, 2022. A U.S. Navy plane carrying a top American military commander was threatened repeatedly by radio on Sunday to leave the airspace over Chinese-occupied island garrisons in the disputed South China Sea, but the aircraft pressed on defiantly with its reconnaissance in brief but tense standoffs witnessed by two Associated Press journalists invited onboard. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Zero Hedge/Epoch Times: US Indo–Pacific Chief Sees Largest Military Buildup In Chinese Army's History
China’s army is undergoing the largest buildup in the Chinese regime’s history since World War II, according to Adm. John Aquilino, commander of the U.S. Indo–Pacific Command.
Aquilino made the comment in a conversation hosted by the research institute the Foundation for Defense of Democracies on June 24 (pdf).
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WNU Editor: Adm. John Aquilino also has an "issue" on how Congress is spending defense money .... US military chief for China shreds congressional armed services committees for junk spending
Update #1: The priorities are elsewhere .... U.S. Navy’s Edge on China Dwindling and Lawmakers Don’t Care (Heritage Foundation).
Update #2: Here are two good articles on the Chinese navy .... Why China’s Fujian carrier is a game-changer (Asia Times), and here .... Never mind China’s new aircraft carrier, these are the ships the US should worry about (CNN).
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