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The head of US special ops in the Pacific suggested some operators are struggling with a less direct mission, though USSOCOM chief Gen. Bryan Fenton told Breaking Defense that's not something he's seen.

Right now we're dealing with a defense budget that's not even going to cover for inflation, and it's below 3%. during the cold war, jon, our budgets were at 7%. that's what we've got to get back to to deal with china which is our pacing item as the secretary of defense refers to it. and on this obvious threat that we have with russia and certainly nato has gone to got to upgun themselves. they seem to have come together in terms of the focus now. they seem to have come together to put aside their differences in terms of resolve. but it's a lot more than that. it's about capabilities at the end...

Why we haven't given them anti-ship missiles. they've been asking for it from the beginning. there seems to be some reluctance there. if it's a training issue we can use our imagine nation and figure out how we can get some ukrainians trained on this covertly and deliver those weapons as ships have naval infantry on board they're vulnerable to anti-ship missiles. this is going to be a pacing item. as the ukrainians are dealing with the advance of the russians and stalling them, obviously the war is going into a very protracted phase which puts a premium on the weapons they need to continue to ...

Brian: 20 seconds, the majority of americans see china as a major threat over russia. are they right? >> yeah. once again, the american people get it right. it is -- it is our number one threat. it is a pacing item for us. and i'm also disappointed in the recent posture statement by the department of defense that we're not increasing our forces in the region when we are outmanned and outgunned by china. that is very disappointing. brian: pass the defense authorization act and increase defense spending not decrease it we are increasing everything else. general jack keane, thank you for the brea...