PREVIEW: #PRC: #USNAVY: Excerpt from a conversation with Washington Times National Security correspondent Bill Gertz re deterrene in the IndoPacific & What is to be done? More of this later today.
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 26 February 2024
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| 0:30.0 | This is John Batcher, conversation with Bill Gerts of the Washington Times about deterrence in the Pacific. |
| 0:37.0 | Bill looks at the Reagan stationed out of Japan and says that's not adequate, that's business as usual. China's ignoring |
| 0:45.4 | what the Reagan represents. However, he has recommendations that would increase |
| 0:50.3 | the US readiness to defend Taiwan. |
| 0:54.4 | Will it work? |
| 0:55.8 | Unknown. |
| 0:56.7 | However, right now, as Bill says, |
| 1:01.6 | we regard China as the pacing threat and he says very ironically |
| 1:06.2 | pacing cars don't win races deterrence in the steps to try and prevent it. Like I said, to me the biggest danger is the situation with |
| 1:26.6 | Russia and the Ukraine. We're just on the anniversary of the Russians going into Ukraine, |
| 1:31.6 | but I remember the US intelligence got inside |
| 1:36.8 | the Russian command and control system |
| 1:38.5 | and they knew they were going to invade, |
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