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🇺🇸🇨🇳 America is expanding missile deployments near China while its military is already stretched thin.
The U.S. Army is planning to expand its missile presence across the Indo-Pacific, including Tomahawk-capable Typhon systems and HIMARS launchers.
The goal is to put more long-range firepower closer to China.
But there is an obvious risk.
Those systems would also sit within range of China’s extensive missile forces, making them potentially vulnerable in the opening stages of a major conflict.
At the same time, American military resources are already under pressure from the wars involving Iran and Ukraine.
That creates a difficult strategic tradeoff.
Washington wants to strengthen deterrence in Asia while also supporting major commitments elsewhere, all while trying to rebuild munitions stocks and expand military capacity.
One alternative would be to pull the most vulnerable systems farther back, strengthen defenses along the second island chain and buy time to rebuild.
The larger question is whether moving more weapons closer to China actually strengthens deterrence.
Because deterrence only works if the other side believes those forces can survive long enough to matter.
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Big Paper Carry @BigPaperCarry ·
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@MarioNawfal Probably in defense of Taiwan
