US: Preparing for Simultaneous War With Russia And China – What Congressional Proposal Says

• US: Preparing for Simultaneous War With Russia And China – What Congressional Proposal Says
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  A huge increase in defense spending is coming
  The United States must prepare for possible simultaneous wars with Russia and China by expanding its conventional forces, strengthening its alliances and strengthening its nuclear weapons modernization program, a bipartisan congressionally appointed panel recommends.
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  The Strategic Posture Committee’s report was released amid tensions in US relations with China over Taiwan and other issues, and with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. A senior official involved in drafting the report declined to say whether the information gathered by the committee indicated any possible cooperation between China and Russia on the issue of nuclear weapons.
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  The panel’s conclusions may upend the current US national security strategy, which consists of winning one war and preventing another. It would also require a huge increase in defense spending, which is not certain to be approved by Congress.
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  “We recognize the fiscal reality but also believe that the state must make these investments ,” wrote Madeleine Cridon, the Democratic chairwoman of the committee, and her vice chair, Republican former Sen. John Kyle, in the introduction to their report.
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  The report runs counter to President Joe Biden’s view that the existing US nuclear arsenal is sufficient to deter the combined forces of Russia and China.
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  “The US and its allies must be ready to deter and defeat both adversaries simultaneously. The US-led international order and the values ​​it represents are at risk from the authoritarian regimes of China and Russia,” the report argued.
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