China is Studying How US Fights, Designing Systems Intended to Defeat America: Air Force Secretary美空军部长：中共正积极加强军备 以称霸世界
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seeks to displace the United States as the world’s premier power, and is building the military required to pursue that goal, according to the secretary of the Air Force and Space Force.
“China has ambitions to be the great power on the face of the earth,” said Frank Kendall. “They have ambitions to be the global great power.”
“To do that, they basically have to displace the United States.”
Kendall made the remarks during a May 2 talk on the future of American air and space power with the Brookings Institution, a Washington-based think tank. During the talk, Kendall clarified that, while Russia was currently diverting international resources and attention, the CCP remained the key threat to the United States across every domain.
“I’m much more concerned about China than about Russia,” Kendall said.
Kendall explained that the Chinese military was rapidly expanding and modernizing its forces with the explicit purpose of ejecting the United States from the Western Pacific and gaining both regional hegemony and the ability to pursue global influence operations.
“It was quite clear that [China’s] desire was to deny us the ability to project power in the Western Pacific,” Kendall said of Chinese military development.
“They’re not waiting to see what we do.”
He said that the CCP was focusing resources on developing “transformational capabilities” and new rocket forces that would grant it the power to push the United States out of the region and allow it to effectively deter interference with its plans to conquer Taiwan, which it claims is a breakaway province of China.
To that end, Kendall said that the United States should believe the words of CCP leader Xi Jinping when he said that he sought to unite Taiwan with the mainland and would not rule out the use of force.
“I made the mistake a few times during the Cold War of not believing what the Soviets were saying,” Kendall said. “Turns out they meant what they were saying. I think the same can be assumed of the Chinese right now.”
“I don’t think that they’re interested in grand territorial expansion, but they are interested in having as much influence as possible so that they can set the rules for the economy,” Kendall added.
Kendall also spoke on the issue at a May 3 hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on the posture of the Air Force and Space Force, where he said that China was explicitly studying the American way of war and investing in systems capable of undermining it.
“They are studying how we fight … and designing systems that are intended to defeat us,” Kendall said.
He noted that China’s much-talked-about hypersonic weapons test in July was specifically invested in because of the capability of strategic hypersonic weapons to evade American defenses.
To that end, Kendall also presented a joint statement (PDF) to the Committee with Space Force Gen. John Raymond and Air Force Gen. Charles Brown, which underscored the importance of centering American strategy on combating China.
“…Tgreatest challenge to the Department of the Air Force’s ability to perform its missions is the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) long-standing and extensive military modernization program,” the statement said, using the official name for communist China.
“In addition to developing the ability to attack in space, the PRC has integrated space capabilities into its military operations in order to target maritime, air, and land forces and project power through space. The PRC’s 2021 test of an orbital hypersonic glide vehicle constitutes a new challenge to strategic deterrence and stability.”
Kendall said that he was focused therefore on developing resiliency among U.S. systems, as the American military relied heavily on small numbers of high value assets. As such, he said that the Department of the Air Force would double its research and development spending, with a particular focus on forging more resilient space systems and increasing force survivability in preparation for a potential conflict with China。
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美空军部长：中共正积极加强军备 以称霸世界（英文大纪元记者Andrew Thornebrooke报导／陈霆编译）
美国空军部长说，中共试图取代美国成为世界第一大国，为了实现这个目标，正积极加强军备建设。
“中国（中共）有野心成为地球上的强国”，弗兰克‧肯德尔（Frank Kendall）说，“他们渴望成为全球强权。”
“要做到这一点，他们基本上必须取代美国。”
周一（5月2日），在华府智库布鲁金斯学会（Brookings Institution）主办的一场有关美国空军和太空军展望的讲座中，肯德尔发表了上述言论。在谈话中，肯德尔澄清说，虽然俄罗斯目前吸引了国际资源和注意力，但中共仍是美国在各个领域的主要威胁。
“比起俄罗斯，我更关心中国。”肯德尔说。
肯德尔解释说，中共军队正迅速扩张和现代化，其明确的目的是将美国逐出西太平洋，获得地区霸权和展开全球影响力行动的能力。
“很明显，（中共）想要剥夺我们在西太平洋投射力量的能力。”肯德尔谈到中共的军事发展时说。
“他们不会被动等着，看我们要怎么做。”
他说，中共正在集中资源发展“转型能力”（transformational capabilities）和新的火箭部队，这使中共有能力把美国赶出该地区，并让美国无力干涉其征服台湾的计划。中共一直声称，台湾是中国的一个分离省份。
因此，肯德尔说，当中共领导人习近平表示他不排除使用武力统一台湾时，美国应该相信他的话。
“在冷战期间，我犯过几次错误，没有相信苏联人所说的”，肯德尔说，“事实证明他们说的是真的。我认为，中国人现在也是这样。”
“我不认为他们想大幅扩张领土，但他们希望尽可能获得更多影响力，使他们能为经济制定规则。”肯德尔补充说。
周二（5月3日），在众议院军事委员会一场有关空军和太空部队的听证会上，肯德尔也谈到了这个问题。他说，中国正针对美国的战争方式进行研究，并投资于能破坏它的系统。
“他们正在研究我们的战斗方式⋯⋯并设计旨在击败我们的系统。”肯德尔说。
他指出，去年7月中共进行了备受关注的高超音速武器试验，这是专门投资用于躲避美国防御的武器。
为此，肯德尔与太空部队司令约翰‧雷蒙德（John Raymond）和空军参谋长查尔斯‧布朗（Charles Brown）向委员会提交了一份联合声明（PDF），强调美国战略应以打击中共为核心。
声明中说：“对空军来说，最大的挑战是中华人民共和国（PRC）长期、广泛的军事现代化计划，这将威胁空军履行任务的能力。”
“除了发展太空攻击能力外，中国还将太空能力整合到其军事行动中，瞄准海上、空中和陆地部队，通过太空投射力量。在2021年，中国进行了高超音速滑翔飞行器测试，对战略威慑和稳定构成了新挑战。”
肯德尔说，由于美军严重依赖少量高价值资产，他将专注发展美国系统的弹性。因此，空军将把研发支出增加一倍，特别注重打造更具弹性的太空系统，并提高部队的生存能力，为与中共的潜在冲突做准备。（大纪元）
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