[Oni]

With an annual budget of almost 1 trillion per year, it's not surprising that there would be paratrooper exercises. Seems like a red scare, though.

The U.S. Army is rehearsing for a dangerous but potentially decisive role in a possible war between the United States and China.

Army paratroopers have practiced flying long distance then jumping onto China’s island outposts in the disputed waters of the China Seas. Seizing outposts—and the strategic airstrips they host—could give U.S. forces new bases from which to strike back against the Chinese.

But the Chinese military scoffed at the idea. “The assumption that U.S. troops could capture China's islands and reefs in the South China Sea is no more than media speculation,” Xu Hailin wrote in Global Times, an official mouthpiece of the People’s Liberation Army.

That’s untrue. The Pentagon actively is preparing for just such a contingency. Back in July, 350 paratroopers from the Army’s 25th Infantry Division flew in Air Force C-17 transports from Alaska to Guam and practiced dropping onto, and capturing, a simulated enemy airfield.

Read More: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/20...t-the-idea

[Jiggly]

This is actually pretty interesting. I'd hate to see an actual war go on, though. So this is concerning. I hope China - US relations change before that happens.

[Swimming Bird]

More fearmongering for the military-industrial complex...