The US will boost its military capabilities in the Indo-Pacific as part of a new defence strategy designed to ensure China cannot block American access to a region that is becoming the global centre of economic power.
In a new national defence strategy released on Friday evening, the Pentagon said it would focus on defending the homeland — with a concentration on the western hemisphere — and on deterring China in the Indo-Pacific.
The NDS said the security and prosperity of the US were linked to America’s “ability to trade and engage from a position of strength in the Indo-Pacific”.
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