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Russia-China Alliance Ends U.S. ‘Superpower’ Supremacy


As tensions rise, Pentagon discovers it suffers a serious nuclear weapons gap, writes Col. John Mills.


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s war rages in ukraine and tensions rise with China, the Pentagon faces a global crisis no longer


having strategic military superiority. The ability to fight a war in


Europe and Asia simultaneously was once a staple of our war planning. But in 2012, the Obama admin-


istration ended the policy of having the military capable of fighting a two-front war. And once the military began downsizing from its Cold War peak, it lost roughly 50% of its size, and many capabilities were retired with- out replacement. The danger now is that without a


large military to deter the outbreak of a two-front war, the U.S. is dealing with a conflict in Ukraine, started by Russia, and tensions rising danger-


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ously in the Pacific, with China now having a larger Navy than we do. This is a shameful situation,


especially for those who remember the 600-ship U.S. Navy that stared down the Soviet Union and could sail wherever it chose. With the Russian departure from


the New START Treaty, a sudden and dangerous nuclear gap was real- ized, leaving the U.S. in a graver situ- ation than during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Then the U.S. had nuclear over-


match against the Soviets. Now, the combined nuclear force of Rus- sia and China likely exceeds the American arsenal by a significant margin.


NEW ALLIANCES President Xi Jinping of China said


during a visit to Moscow in March: “Change is coming that hasn’t hap- pened in 100 years.” The message is clear that the “no


limits” partnership between China and Russia to replace the U.S. is spinning at full speed. Saudi Arabia appears to have re-


aligned from the U.S. China brokered an unexpected and historic peace deal between the Saudis and Iran, signaling further changes in the world order that China hopes to establish. The Biden administration finds


itself in a precarious and dangerous situation. Our nuclear force is old in its warheads and small because of START, which constrained America and did not restrain China. The U.S. is attempting to build


capacity in the Pacific with the Pacific Deterrence Initiative to harden and disperse bases and build missile and air defense. However, the Russia-Ukraine war and the continuing conflict in Syria


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