JOE GOULD
The Pentagon's annual China report will have fresh fodder. | Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
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EYE ON CHINA
China spent the past year pairing cutting-edge battlefield technology with traditional military hardware — all at a pace that risks outstripping the U.S.
The Pentagon will zero in on this buildup in next month’s annual China military power report. The administration’s upcoming National Security Strategy and National Defense Strategy will offer an additional picture of America’s response.
Look ahead: The China report is expected to lay out how the People’s Liberation Army is projecting force, moving troops and equipment and operating in regions where the U.S. once assumed it held uncontested advantages. It also arrives amid intensifying questions about whether the Pentagon is keeping its focus on China as it shifts more attention and resources toward the Western Hemisphere.
China’s naval expansion includes new amphibious ships with landing decks for drones and fielded a drone-specific carrier, enabling deployments far afield.
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