Brian Carter

Well, that's the money question. And we don't really get the luxury of knowing the answer. They're kind of able to go pursue both at the same time. They get a lot of what they would really want, we think, by just pressuring Taiwan and allies in the United States to sort of back off and make a deal and just concede that this area of responsibility is China's jurisdiction. And they push

allies and the United States out beyond the first island chain to the Pacific impacts an immense amount of global trade, the likes of which I don't think people have really digested. But you don't have a tech juggernaut out of South Korea and a huge amount of economic exchange with Japan without encroaching on the territorial sea and airlines and communication around Taiwan. So a lot's at stake.

allies and the United States out beyond the first island chain to the Pacific impacts an immense amount of global trade, the likes of which I don't think people have really digested. But you don't have a tech juggernaut out of South Korea and a huge amount of economic exchange with Japan without encroaching on the territorial sea and airlines and communication around Taiwan. So a lot's at stake.

allies and the United States out beyond the first island chain to the Pacific impacts an immense amount of global trade, the likes of which I don't think people have really digested. But you don't have a tech juggernaut out of South Korea and a huge amount of economic exchange with Japan without encroaching on the territorial sea and airlines and communication around Taiwan. So a lot's at stake.

But I think it's really ultimately a pressure campaign and a messaging campaign. But when you're playing with big ticket items like aircraft carriers and things that can go out in the deep blue water areas, you have to take it at face value. You can't bank on it just being a comms exercise.

But I think it's really ultimately a pressure campaign and a messaging campaign. But when you're playing with big ticket items like aircraft carriers and things that can go out in the deep blue water areas, you have to take it at face value. You can't bank on it just being a comms exercise.

But I think it's really ultimately a pressure campaign and a messaging campaign. But when you're playing with big ticket items like aircraft carriers and things that can go out in the deep blue water areas, you have to take it at face value. You can't bank on it just being a comms exercise.

Yeah, I don't think a lot of the world stage has really paid as close attention to China's military modernization as our intelligence community and a lot of specialists and policy areas have. And so it might be news to a lot of people how many big ship platforms they have. Now, this is kind of one of the dilemmas we've faced. This is a big, new material navy that they have.

Yeah, I don't think a lot of the world stage has really paid as close attention to China's military modernization as our intelligence community and a lot of specialists and policy areas have. And so it might be news to a lot of people how many big ship platforms they have. Now, this is kind of one of the dilemmas we've faced. This is a big, new material navy that they have.

Yeah, I don't think a lot of the world stage has really paid as close attention to China's military modernization as our intelligence community and a lot of specialists and policy areas have. And so it might be news to a lot of people how many big ship platforms they have. Now, this is kind of one of the dilemmas we've faced. This is a big, new material navy that they have.

It's untested in combat. You know, China has had a perfect record under the Communist Party of killing other Chinese people. They don't really have much of a track record in modern warfare. I don't think we can afford to be overly hubristic about that. This is this is a tough challenge, but they should also be a little bit cautious. We've.

It's untested in combat. You know, China has had a perfect record under the Communist Party of killing other Chinese people. They don't really have much of a track record in modern warfare. I don't think we can afford to be overly hubristic about that. This is this is a tough challenge, but they should also be a little bit cautious. We've.

It's untested in combat. You know, China has had a perfect record under the Communist Party of killing other Chinese people. They don't really have much of a track record in modern warfare. I don't think we can afford to be overly hubristic about that. This is this is a tough challenge, but they should also be a little bit cautious. We've.

We've come up across some big navies when you look at order of battle or armies when it comes up to order of battle. That doesn't mean they stand up in combat, but I don't think we really want to try to find that out anytime soon.

We've come up across some big navies when you look at order of battle or armies when it comes up to order of battle. That doesn't mean they stand up in combat, but I don't think we really want to try to find that out anytime soon.

We've come up across some big navies when you look at order of battle or armies when it comes up to order of battle. That doesn't mean they stand up in combat, but I don't think we really want to try to find that out anytime soon.

Yeah, and that's one of those areas that's extremely frustrating where I think we've gotten in our own way. I don't understand whether it's overregulation on environmental issues or if it was sort of globalization of supply chains. But America really pulled back from refining of energy and building proper supports and And when it came to submarines and big vessels, we really pulled back.

Yeah, and that's one of those areas that's extremely frustrating where I think we've gotten in our own way. I don't understand whether it's overregulation on environmental issues or if it was sort of globalization of supply chains. But America really pulled back from refining of energy and building proper supports and And when it came to submarines and big vessels, we really pulled back.

Yeah, and that's one of those areas that's extremely frustrating where I think we've gotten in our own way. I don't understand whether it's overregulation on environmental issues or if it was sort of globalization of supply chains. But America really pulled back from refining of energy and building proper supports and And when it came to submarines and big vessels, we really pulled back.

China jumped way ahead. South Korea's still got some significant capabilities in this area. But we have to figure out how we're going to work with our allies to rejuvenate these supply chains. We should do more in America, not quite on off switch.