Tokyo - The Pentagon is expected to announce investments in Asia this week that play into the long-game positioning to deter China, just days after Chinese bombers for the first time ever encroached in the international airspace off Alaska.
Despite ongoing wars in Ukraine and Gaza that still threaten to expand, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is making his 11th trip to the Indo-Pacific as secretary, as part of the Pentagon's focus on China as what it calls "the pacing challenge."
Austin is visiting Japan and the Philippines on this trip. In Japan...
Continue reading...Despite ongoing wars in Ukraine and Gaza that still threaten to expand, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is making his 11th trip to the Indo-Pacific as secretary, as part of the Pentagon's focus on China as what it calls "the pacing challenge."
Austin is visiting Japan and the Philippines on this trip. In Japan...
