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US Congressional Report Says The U.S. Must Prepare For Simultaneous Wars With China, Russia. Must Also Expand Its Nuclear Deterrance

Among the recommendations was to produce more B-21 stealth bombers [US Air Force via Reuters]  

Reuters: US must be ready for simultaneous wars with China, Russia, report says 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States must prepare for possible simultaneous wars with Russia and China by expanding its conventional forces, strengthening alliances and enhancing its nuclear weapons modernization program, a congressionally appointed bipartisan panel said on Thursday.

The report from the Strategic Posture Commission comes amid tensions with China over Taiwan and other issues and worsening frictions with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. 

A senior official involved in the report declined to say if the panel's intelligence briefings showed any Chinese and Russian nuclear weapons cooperation. 

"We worry ... there may be ultimate coordination between them in some way, which gets us to this two-war construct," the official said on condition of anonymity. 

The findings would upend current U.S. national security strategy calling for winning one conflict while deterring another and require huge defense spending increases with uncertain congressional support.  

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WNU Editor: The US Congressional report is here .... The Final Report of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United State.  

Update: China has responded to this report .... China Says US Will 'Die by Fire' after Congress Releases War Strategy Report (KnewsZ). More here .... Detente climate poisoned as US congressional report hypes China, Russia’s ‘nuke threats’ (Global Times), and here .... China Issues Ominous War Warning to U.S. (Newsweek). 

US Congressional Report Says The U.S. Must Prepare For Simultaneous Wars With China, Russia

US must be ready for simultaneous wars with China, Russia: Commission -- Al Jazeera 

Congressional commission calls for more nuclear arsenal expansion -- Defense News 

US ‘ill-prepared’ for nuclear challenge from China and Russia, says report -- Financial Times  

U.S. Not Ready for Nuclear Threat From Russia, China: Report -- Time  

Nuclear Missiles: US Congress Panel Wants Nukes ‘Action Ready’ To Face Dual Threat From Russia, China -- EurAsian Times  

US nuclear deterrence strategy needs an update — here’s how -- The Hill



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