Mattis Address Illustrates Gap between US capabilities, those of Asian Foes
US Defense Secretary James Mattis has spelled out in clear language what had been hinted at by US National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster. Washington now regards the strategic military challenges of China and Russia as a greater threat to the US than Islamic State and other forms of Islamic extremism – or indeed any other currently perceived threat.
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