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Army Gen. Charles A. Flynn, commander of U.S. Army Pacific, stated that the Chinese military possesses three things that the American military, friends, and partners in the region do not have: He stated, "They have interior lines first." He pointed out that they are only 100 miles from Taiwan and that they have cyber and space capabilities in addition to anti-access and area-denial weapons like missiles, ships, and airplanes to keep enemy forces at bay. The phrase "the second thing they have is mass" refers to their enormous military might. "Magazine depth" is the third thing they possess, and it would contain a significant amount of stand-off ammunition. U.S. DoD reporter David Vergun reports.

Land power in the Indo-Pacific area was the topic of Army Gen. Charles A. Flynn's October 10 speech at the Association of the U.S. Army Annual Meeting & Exposition 2023 in Washington. In order to deny China access to vital territory, U.S. soldiers and their partners in the area aim to stall China's advance "and to keep our physical presence forward with hard power to deter a war from happening," the spokesperson stated. "No war is the aim. In Europe, we already have a war. This past week saw the commencement of yet another conflict in the Middle East. Asia does not need to see another war. The land powers' contribution to the united force to stop that from occurring is that, according to Flynn.

The Chinese military's stockpile of anti-access and area-denial weapons "is primarily designed to defeat our air power and maritime power." Secondly, its purpose is to weaken, suppress, and interfere with our cyber and space capabilities. However, he stated that it is not intended to locate, repair, and complete distributed, mobile, fixed, semi-fixed, reloadable, lethal, or non-lethal land power. "We put before them a problem that they did not plan for when they constructed the A2/AD arsenal. He mentioned anti-access, area-denial techniques. "And this has proven out in war game after war game after war game," he remarked.

The general continued by stressing the need of the military presence of the United States and its allies in the area to thwart Chinese aggression. He stated that land power is just as important as air and sea power. Flynn went on to say that between 65% and 80% of the military in the area are made up of ground personnel. "Land power and the armies in the Indo-Pacific are an absolutely central part of defending national sovereignty and protecting their territorial integrity," he stated.

The U.S. Army's new training center in the area, increased bilateral and multilateral training exercises, countries stepping up their defense spending, and collaboration on enhancing interoperability are just a few of the measures that Flynn highlighted the U.S., allies, and partners are taking to thwart China's aggression.