It matters little that those would undoubtedly be the most effective ways to head off a future conflict with China. On the other side of the equation, proponents of increasing Pentagon spending to address the purported dangers of the rise of China are masters of threat inflation. But the Pentagon was quick to highlight a new set of supposed threats to American power to justify putting military spending back on the upswing. Constructing “the China threat”As for China, its status as the threat du jour gained momentum during the Trump years. Members of Congress will defend such current-generation systems fiercely to keep weapons spending flowing to major corporate contractors and so into key congressional districts.

Source: The Guardian October 05, 2023 02:11 UTC