Inside the Pentagon's Quiet Pivot Toward Pacific Deterrence
The shipbuilding numbers tell the real story: the Navy is being rebuilt around a 2027 Taiwan contingency that almost no one is willing to name out loud.
We have moved from the language of 'integrated deterrence' to the language of munitions stockpiles, dispersed basing, and unmanned surface vessels. The vocabulary alone signals the seriousness.
We have moved from the language of 'integrated deterrence' to the language of munitions stockpiles, dispersed basing, and unmanned surface vessels. The vocabulary alone signals the seriousness.We have moved from the language of 'integrated deterrence' to the language of munitions stockpiles, dispersed basing, and unmanned surface vessels. The vocabulary alone signals the seriousness.
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