"Our global constellation of allies & partners remain an enduring strength that our competitors & adversaries simply cannot match" @EsperDoD tells @AtlanticCouncil #ACFrontPage
"In fact, #China & #Russia probably have fewer than 10 allies combined" Esper asserts
"In fact, #China & #Russia probably have fewer than 10 allies combined" Esper asserts
But @EsperDoD warns US cannot "take our long-standing network of relationships for granted"
"#China & #Russia are rapidly modernizing their armed forces & using their growing strength to ignore int'l law, violate the sovereignty of smaller states & shift the balance of power"
"#China & #Russia are rapidly modernizing their armed forces & using their growing strength to ignore int'l law, violate the sovereignty of smaller states & shift the balance of power"
.@EsperDoD announces the new GDAP -Guidance for Development of Alliances & Partnerships- to "help us build the capacity & capabilities of like-minded nations, & foster interoperability w/friendly militaries"
"We will continue to refine & enhance our moves in line w/our 5 key principles" per @EsperDoD "Number 1, enhance deterrence of #Russia. No. 2, strengthen @NATO. No. 3, reassure allies. No. 4, improve US strategic flexibility & European Command operational flexibility..."
"And number 5, take care of our service members & their families in the process" per @EsperDoD
"There is now the real opportunity of keeping the 2nd Cavalry Regiment forward in some of these countries [#Poland #Romania #Bulgaria #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania] on a continuing basis" per @EsperDoD
#COVID19 - "Our threats today have not diminished" per @EsperDoD "Rather, they have been as nations turn inwards to recover & our competitors seek to exploit the global crisis"
US SecDef @EsperDoD says @NATO allies must spend more on defense
"This goes beyond NATO" per Esper "We expect all allies to invest more in defense, at least 2% of GDP asa floor We also expect them to be ready, capable & willing to deploy when trouble calls"
"This goes beyond NATO" per Esper "We expect all allies to invest more in defense, at least 2% of GDP asa floor We also expect them to be ready, capable & willing to deploy when trouble calls"
"And we expect them to stand shoulder-2-shoulder w/the #UnitedStates in confronting #Chinese bad behavior and #Russia|n aggression" per @EsperDoD "There can be no free riders to our common security"
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"We must compete w/#China & #Russia, whose state-owned industries can fast-track military exports" per @EsperDoD
US modernizing regulations on #Drone exports
"Decades-old rules handicapped our industrial base & by extension our partners by unnecessarily limiting #UAS sales"per @EsperDoD
"Decades-old rules handicapped our industrial base & by extension our partners by unnecessarily limiting #UAS sales"per @EsperDoD
"I am fully confident that we would prevail in any conflict today" per @EsperDoD "Hands down. No doubt whatsoever"
"There are areas were we need to invest more & do more" he says: #hypersonics #AI #directedenergy
"There are areas were we need to invest more & do more" he says: #hypersonics #AI #directedenergy
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