Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday delivered a blunt assessment of China’s accelerating military growth and what he called America’s narrowing window to respond.
The Pentagon is tracking a “historic military buildup” by Beijing that is reshaping the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific, he said during an appearance at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, Calif.
“We are aware of their historic military buildup,” Hegseth told the audience, framing China’s surge in conventional forces, missiles, and nuclear modernization as a strategic challenge the United States cannot meet with incremental change.
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