Rep. Jim Himes said the 2027 warnings are the "kind of thing that hawks in the House say and I'm supposed to be really scared by that, rather than by saying, 'Okay, well how do we take the steps to make that eventuality less likely?'"
Navy chief Adm. Lisa Franchetti said the service made at least one change to a weapon system following a deployed sailor's suggestion.
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“The thing with the H-20 is when you actually look at the system design, it's probably nowhere near as good as US LO [low observable] platforms, particularly more advanced ones that we have coming down,” said a DoD intelligence official.
For months Beijing boycotted military discussions, raising fears at the Pentagon that a miscommunication could lead to conflict.
"China’s actions point to a ratcheting up of pressure in support of spurious claims over the Nine-Dash Line," one analyst told Breaking Defense.
"Right now, of course, the secretary of defense does not have a counterpart; there is no [Chinese] minister of defense. We're going to have to probably wait on that one," NSC official Sarah Beran said.
Details are scant for now, but experts tell Breaking Defense that any AI agreement between China and the US could involve a pledge not to use AI in nuclear systems.
"We know about the disappearances within the PLA and elsewhere. But no one really knows why," said Ian Chong, associate professor at the National University of Singapore.
The new map sparked sharp reactions from India, Nepal, Vietnam, Malaysia and Taiwan. The new document was released one week before the G-20 summit in India. President Xi Jinping was to attend but news reports now indicate he will not.
“This is a very dangerous trend in terms of our ability as major powers to truly work out our issues," Rear Adm. Michael Studeman said of the lack of communications.
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2023 will mark the second year in a row that China's defense budget is slated to increase at a faster rate than the general economy, a potentially worrisome trend for Beijing, writes analyst Dean Cheng.
“There are dangers in how totalitarian states operate,” said Rear Adm. Mike Studeman, commander of the Office of Naval Intelligence. “The truth doesn’t always flow very quickly in the dictatorships, and if it’s bad news, sometimes that gets adulterated on the way up to [the top]. We see some of that happening.”
Despite the concerning finding, between 2021 and 2022, defense spending across the alliance increased by 2.2 percent in real terms, surpassing an estimated $1 trillion.
Experts don’t foresee huge defense deals between Riyadh and Beijing, but drones are another story.