The U.S. Navy warned this Thursday that its warships will be more decisive '' when they respond to violating international law, especially China, which has expanded ambitions to the South China Sea.
According to Agence France -Presse, the Pentagon has set the goals for the next few years for the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and the Coast Guard in a document.Documents emphasize that there are several countries, especially Russia and China, challenging the balance of power in key areas and trying to destroy existing world order.?
The document said: "The navy we deploy in the world interacts with Chinese and Russia's warships and airplanes every day." And their aggression is continuously enhanced.The document describes China as "the most urgent long -term strategic threat."
The latest friction between the Chinese and American Navy occurred in late August this year, and Beijing at the time said that an American warship was expelled from the controversial Xisha Islands.
China claims to have the right to govern all islands in the South China Sea.In order to fight against China, the United States has been sending ships more frequently to the region to perform so -called `` navigation freedom ''.
The document pointed out that the Chinese Navy's "combat effectiveness has increased more than two times in just two decades." In order to maintain its strategic advantages in the Chinese Navy, the U.S. Navy plans to use smaller, more agile and even long -range driving ships for modernization for modernization.Transformation.According to the document, the US ship will also "accept calculated tactical risks and take a more confident and decisive attitude in our daily operations."
For Major General Jay Bynum, this means "faster response and decisive."
He said that our past behavior was to gradually downgrade risks.We will avoid and minimize the risk of individual positive contact.
But the documents of the Pentagon clearly states that the U.S. Navy will increase visibility in the Pacific region, and will also "investigate and record our competitors 'violations of international law, steal resources, and infringe other countries' sovereignty."