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Officials from Washington and Beijing are meeting in Alaska on Thursday for a high-stakes summit.

U.S. Navy The U.S. military has advised Congress that it needs new precision-strike, air missile defense, and other capabilities to counter China in the Indo-Pacific, a sign of deepening military competition between the two rival nations. In an assessment submitted earlier this week, the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command outlined a range of requirements for strengthening conventional deterrence in the region, according to reviews of the document by Nikkei Asia and remarks Thursday by Adm. Philip Davidson, who leads the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. The assessment calls for “the fielding...

Eyeing China, Indo-Pacific Command seeks $27 billion deterrence fund March 1 An American sailor scans the horizon as the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain conducts operations at the Taiwan Strait, Dec. 30, 2020. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda/U.S. Navy via AP) WASHINGTON ― U.S. military officials have outlined new spending requirements to boost deterrence against China, including new weapons, new construction and closer military-to-military collaboration with America’s allies in the region. A report from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command delivered to Cong...

Biden maintains firepower in Western Pacific [The Honolulu Star-Advertiser] Feb. 15—Just weeks into a Joe Biden presidency, the Pentagon has conducted dual aircraft carrier operations in the South China Sea for the first time since last summer and maintained an impressive array of forces meant to send an ongoing message to China. The Navy announced dual operations last week by the Theodore Roosevelt and Nimitz carrier strike groups that “are intended to maintain U.S. readiness and combat-credible forces to reassure allies and partners and preserve peace in the region.” Biden and his adm...

In the South China Sea, it’s ‘meet the new boss, same as the old boss’ David Larter Photo credit: MC2 Zachary Wheeler/U.S. Navy WASHINGTON — The new Biden administration has been reversing many of the Trump administration’s policies in areas such as immigration and energy, but when it comes to confronting China’s actions in the South China Sea, at the highest levels of power the song remains the same. In its opening weeks, the Biden administration has signaled it will continue many of the Trump administration’s hardline policies toward China. And it has not backed off heavy n...