China Could Win a Contest with the US ‘Before a Shot Is Even Fired’: Strategists

China could win a contest with the US ‘before a shot is even fired’: strategists

Decades of neglect and decline have made logistics the weakest link in Washington’s deterrence strategy in the Pacific, they said.

High stakes on the high seas as US, China test limits of military power

The USS Higgins conducted a freedom-of-navigation operation near Scarborough Shoal as China's navy grows to 370 ships, challenging U.S. naval dominance in the Indo-Pacific.