US 1945 website reported that the calls for warnings in the US military about China's military capabilities are becoming louder and louder. Last week, Admiral Charles Richard, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, said that in terms of the United States' ability to deter China, "the ship is slowly sinking." He added, "It's sinking because fundamentally they put their capabilities into the field faster than we do."
In other words, conventional deterrence in the United States is rapidly declining. Aging, shrinking, underprepared forces lack sufficient capabilities and are not modernized quickly enough.
The average age of the aircraft flying by the Air Force is 29 years old. By 2037, the Navy will shrink to 280 ships . Moreover, the Army continued to shrink and failed to achieve its 25% recruitment target last year. These problems that have led to the decline of our traditional deterrence are not new problems.
Last September, the former vice-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said the military was “slow and incredible” in modernization aimed at direct competition with China.
When summarizing the U.S. position on China, the former head of military intelligence at the Indo-Pacific Command said that the U.S. is "too late", which is manifested in three aspects: "too late" to understand the deadly purpose of the potential enemy, "too late to realize the deadly danger, and it is too late to unite all possible forces to resist."
US media reported that our decreasing ammunition production must increase, and the inventory of off-zone ammunition such as Long-range anti-ship missile (LRASM) is seriously insufficient. By 2027, the Air Force and Navy have a total of 629. The United States should produce more of these weapons, as well as stingers, javelins and other capabilities provided to Ukraine.
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