Recent US military drills focus on possible war with China: Report

Monday, September 29, 2014
By Paul Martin

Presstv.ir
Monday Sep 29, 2014

The recent war games by the US military were focused on fighting an enemy like China in case of blocking US access to international waters and airspace, according to a report.

Stars and Stripes explained in a detailed report the Pentagon’s Air-Sea Battle concept during last week’s Valiant Shield exercise over the western Pacific Ocean.

The exercise with 18,000 US forces tested the concept, which is a set of tactics that blinds an enemy’s communications in space and cyberspace and destroys land- and sea-based weapons platforms, the report said.

It added that China is the only country in the Pacific with type of “anti-access, area-denial” capability that participants of the drills fought against.

“Air-Sea Battle is about China — no doubt,” Aaron Friedberg, a Princeton University professor, said. “We have exaggerated concerns about offending the Chinese. I think at some point we have to be more candid.”

Washington says it is concerned about Beijing’s moves after the Pentagon reported to Congress that Beijing is developing the weapons to prevent the US from safely sending its ships into the international waters of the East and South China seas.

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