🇺🇸 US commanders admit that the Pacific's distance makes air and naval power alone insufficient again

🇺🇸 US commanders admit that the Pacific's distance makes air and naval power alone insufficient against China, necessitating essential land forces.

Pentagon planners fear advanced Chinese air and naval assets could deny US ships and jets freedom of operation in the region.

The US is shifting strategy to use regional allies' territory for troop deployment, as Chinese ballistic and hypersonic weapons threaten fixed locations.