China reveals US military forces in Asia 3
China’s South Sea Research Institute will on June 23 release a report on the US military presence in Asia-Pacific, detailing security policy, military presence and deployment,
According to part of a report published by Global Times on June 21, China pointed out that the US Indo-Pacific Command currently commands 375,000 soldiers, staffing 60% of the warships of the entire naval force.
In addition, with 85,000 soldiers deployed forward and a large amount of new and high-tech weapons, the US is maintaining absolute superiority in the region for many years, while also seeking to deploy more forces and resources.
The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt left the military port on Guam island to go to the Philippine Sea on duty, May 20.
The report focuses on the risk of the US shifting to Cold War-style `superpower competition` in defense relations with China.
The US developed the Indo-Pacific strategy at the end of 2018 to `protect absolute superiority in global and regional issues`, including security, politics and economics.
The report commented that the US this year implemented a series of measures to restrain China, related to the Covid-19 pandemic and a series of issues such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, high technology and national defense.
`Due to the close relations between countries in the region and national security issues, it is clear that the increasingly deteriorating situation of confrontation and military relations between the US and China will increase the risk of conflict, even
The amphibious assault ship USS America passes through the East Sea area, April 18.
The report also sees this as an excuse for China to `have no choice but to increase its defense budget` and expand its military forces.
Meanwhile, US generals and experts warn that China is using Covid-19 as a cover to promote territorial claims and increase maritime activities in disputed areas in the East and China Seas.
China recently carried out a series of aggressive activities in the East Sea, sending four coast guard ships to operate for 65 consecutive days in the Senkaku/Diaoyu island group in dispute with Japan in the East China Sea.
