On October 6, former head of policy at the Ministry of Defense Michèle Flournoy said that the Pentagon hopes to deter China in the next few years, and officials need to find ways for new technologies and existing systems to work together to build capabilities.
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Let’s first look at who is Michèle Flournoy, the former head of policy of the Ministry of Defense? Michèle Angélique Flournoy was born on December 14, 1960, a U.S. defense policy adviser and former government official. She is the deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy under President Bill Clinton, and the deputy secretary of defense for policy under President Barack Obama.
As the Deputy Minister of Defense for Policy, Florunoy is the highest-level woman in the history of the Ministry of Defense. In that position, Floruno formulated the Obama administration's counter-insurgency policy in Afghanistan and helped convince the President of Obama to conduct military intervention in Libya.
On October 6, she said at an exchange meeting of the Ministry of Defense that as the Pentagon hopes to deter China in the coming years, officials need to find ways to allow new technologies and existing systems to work together to build capacity.
Fronoi, a senior defense analyst who served as Deputy Secretary of Defense Policy from 2009 to 2012, raised the concept of people-unmanned cooperation in a conversation with the Atlantic Council on China's deterrence in the 2020s.
Man-Unmanned Cooperation is a technology area the Air Force has been pursuing for years, and recently, the pursuit has been heated up as Secretary of State Frank Kendall pushes cheap autonomous drones to fly with the fighter , an effort called a collaborative combat aircraft.
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Especially in the context of Chinese deterrence, Flournoy said that someone-unmanned cooperation could be crucial because in “trying to deter or fight in China’s backyard… they will always have a numerical advantage. Low-cost drones paired with manned platforms can close the capacity gap and provide the U.S. a larger number in the near term.
Air Force is actively pursuing such a concept—Kendall has said he hopes to hold a contest for the CCA program in 2024—and that approach may be necessary depending on China’s strategic considerations in trying to regain Taiwan, a situation that is likely to bring the U.S. into conflict.
As most of the Pentagon’s modernization plans focus on deployment capabilities in the 2030s, China may decide that if a military confrontation is needed, “maybe there is a chance to use force to enter the region before Americans and their allies are not ready.” Flournoy said. "Because that will [mean China will] have a greater chance of success sooner or later. "
Flournoy said that this situation in the mid-to-late 2020s is a key issue for the Pentagon to be better prepared, and first of all, we must have the dedicated person responsible for considering the medium-term prospects.
" Flournoy said. "No one is paying attention to this issue every day, she mentions it to the secretary every day in order to make progress in this area."
Flournoy added that when considering the medium-range time frame, the leaders of the Ministry of Defense need to take the " Apollo 13 " approach - to make the most of existing capabilities as much as possible, rather than waiting for the future so that they can "meaningly enhance deterrence so that we undermine China's confidence in the use of force, and we avoid direct conflicts as much as possible."
After seeing Russia struggle to gain benefits after conflict with Ukraine and the United States and its partners unite, there is a lot of speculation about whether China's considerations on the Taiwan issue have changed. But Florunoi warned against assuming that the Chinese military would struggle like Russia.
"It's a temptation because from a combat standpoint, the Chinese army has not been tested in recent years, so to say, well, maybe they are as incompetent as the Russian army. I think that would be a mistake," Fronoi said."You know, I don't think we should say how strong they are (referring to the Chinese military), they have their own problems and challenges, and they have not been tested in combat. But they have made great progress in military specialization, especially in the past decade, and I don't think we should underestimate them."
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