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#PRC: Messaging the PLA: James Holmes, first holder of the Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and blogger at The Naval Diplomat (https://navaldiplomat.com/), @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 10 August 2023

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#PRC: Messaging the PLA: James Holmes, first holder of the Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and blogger at The Naval Diplomat (https://navaldiplomat.com/), @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2023/08/b-21-raider-unveiling-a-message-to-china-and-russia-you-bet/


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0:42.0

My colleague Gordon Chang at Gordon G. Chang, the standoff in East Asia, the South China

0:47.4

Sea, the Nine-Dash Line, the challenge at the second Thomas Sholes, the Russian Chinese

0:53.6

exercises in the Sea of Japan, all of this leads to messaging. There is other messaging

0:59.8

to discuss, however, and Gordon and I welcome our good friend and colleague, Jim Holmes,

1:05.1

the first holder of the Wiley Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College. He blogs

1:09.6

at the Naval Diplomat.

1:11.4

Jim, you've written of messaging. It's called the B-21. What is it and what is the message?

1:17.2

Good evening to you.

1:19.8

Hey, Gordon. Hi, John. Of course, it's always a pleasure. The B-21 is the Air Force's

1:25.8

latest stealth bomber efforts, basically, in efforts to replace aging bombers that are

1:31.0

aging out of the service. The Air Force had rolled this bomber out with great acclaim

1:37.8

late last year. Partly, it was a message to many audiences, really. Two are two people

1:45.4

at home, that the United States is the Air Force is in good shape, but also to our adversaries

1:49.6

and our friends and allies overseas. A lot of what you do when you disclose military

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