{"id":1958991,"date":"2023-06-28T08:51:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T12:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-depth-defense-budget-focuses-on-growing-china-threat\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T08:53:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T12:53:33","slug":"in-depth-defense-budget-focuses-on-growing-china-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-depth-defense-budget-focuses-on-growing-china-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense Budget Targets Growing China Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fin-depth-defense-budget-focuses-on-growing-china-threat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1958991&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0628\/00f5000d-b2e8-481a-ac86-f821324858a6\/audio.mp3?length=9541773&#038;duration=795\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>The United States&#8217; Defense Budget Aims to Counter China&#8217;s Growing Military<\/h2>\n<p>The proposed United States&#8217; $886.3 billion Fiscal Year 2024 defense budget includes a $9.1 billion program to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defense-bills-pacific-deterrence-initiative-puts-focus-on-growing-china-threat\/\" title=\"Defense Bill Prioritizes China Threat with 'Pacific Deterrence Initiative'\">strengthen allied operational efficiencies<\/a> and fortify installations in the Western Pacific. This program is specifically designed to counter aggression from China&#8217;s military, which has been rapidly expanding.<\/p>\n<p>The Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI) is a key component of both the Senate and House armed services committees&#8217; proposed defense budgets for FY24. The PDI aims to allocate $9.5 billion, a 40-percent increase from this year, to enhance deterrence in the Pacific region.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, both chambers&#8217; draft National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAA) prioritize support for Taiwan&#8217;s defense against a potential invasion by the People&#8217;s Republic of China (PRC). The proposed budgets allocate resources and funding to strengthen Taiwan&#8217;s &#8220;porcupine defense&#8221; strategy.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the House Appropriations Committee subcommittee plans to transfer $500 million from the State Department budget to the Taiwan Foreign Military Financing (FMF) fund. This move would allow the Pentagon and administration to purchase weapons and munitions for Taiwan without Congressional approval, similar to the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Both the Senate and House proposed defense budgets also emphasize collaboration with Taiwan on cybersecurity and call for comprehensive training and military support for the island nation.<\/p>\n<h3>PDI Focuses on Countering China&#8217;s Military Adventurism<\/h3>\n<p>The Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI) is a crucial part of the overall defense strategy against China. The PDI aims to prioritize China as the preeminent challenge and strengthen deterrence in the Indo-Pacific region. It includes targeted investments to enhance U.S. force posture, infrastructure, presence, and readiness, as well as the capacity and capabilities of U.S. allies and partners in the region.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5317737\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/07\/id5317737-GettyImages-1258481304-1200x720.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n    Members of the Philippine Coast Guard take part in a simulation during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-carrier-reagan-performing-drills-with-japan-south-korea\/\" title=\"U.S. Carrier Reagan Performing Drills With Japan, South Korea\">trilateral maritime exercise<\/a> with Japan and U.S. coast guards, 15 nautical miles off the coast of Bataan province, western Philippines, on June 6, 2023. (Jes Aznar\/Getty Images)<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p>The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (IndoPacCom) will oversee the implementation of the PDI. IndoPacCom is responsible for the vast Indo-Pacific region, which includes 36 nations and more than half the world&#8217;s population. It is heavily militarized, with seven of the world&#8217;s 10 largest militaries located in the Western Pacific alone.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate and House NDAAs include directives to enhance U.S. missile capabilities, improve air and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/steps-the-u-s-can-take-to-defend-against-chinas-missiles\/\" title=\"Steps the U.S. Can Take to Defend Against China\u2019s Missiles\">missile defense architecture<\/a>, and strengthen Guam&#8217;s missile defense systems. The defense budgets also focus on modernizing strategic sites and increasing joint operations with allies like Australia, Japan, and India.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5287153\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/05\/24\/id5287153-05232023-_DSC4298us-china-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n    Admiral John C. Aquilino discusses U.S.-China strategic competition at Paley Center for Media in New York City on May 23, 2023. (Samira Bouaou\/The Epoch Times)<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p>The PDI and the proposed defense budgets highlight the importance of strengthening alliances and increasing joint exercises to enhance regional security. They also emphasize the need to address China&#8217;s military advancements and protect the interests of the United States and its allies in the Indo-Pacific region.<\/p>\n<h2>Increased Operations With Allies<\/h2>\n<p>The PDI includes two subsets: the Indo-Pacific Campaigning Initiative and Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain Awareness Initiative. Both initiatives aim to increase joint exercises, freedom of navigation operations, and partner engagements across the region.<\/p>\n<p>The Indo-Pacific Campaigning Initiative focuses on testing operational capacities in contested circumstances through joint exercises. The Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain Awareness Initiative seeks to enhance security cooperation with Japan, ensure India receives appropriate security cooperation benefits, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defense-budget-focuses-on-growing-china-threat\/\" title=\"Defense budget prioritizes rising China threat.\">expand cyber cooperation programs<\/a> with Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>The defense budgets also support the newly-signed AUKUS partnership between the U.S., Australia, and the United Kingdom. This partnership aims to develop and deploy attack submarines across the Indo-Pacific region, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-depth-defense-budget-focuses-on-growing-china-threat\/\" title=\"Defense Budget Targets Growing China Threat\">providing game-changing defense advantages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US plans to allocate $9.1 billion from its $886.3 billion defense budget for Fiscal Year 2024 to enhance allied operations and strengthen installations in the Western Pacific. This program, known as the Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI), aims to counter China&#8217;s expanding military presence. The Senate and House armed services committees have recently approved the PDI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":509,"featured_media":1958992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1958991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/509"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1958991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1958992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1958991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1958991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1958991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}