{"id":208003,"date":"2021-03-10T12:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T17:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=208003"},"modified":"2021-03-10T12:00:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T17:00:30","slug":"adm-davidson-thaad-not-enough-to-contain-chinese-aggression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adm-davidson-thaad-not-enough-to-contain-chinese-aggression\/","title":{"rendered":"Adm. Davidson: THAAD not enough to contain Chinese aggression"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fadm-davidson-thaad-not-enough-to-contain-chinese-aggression%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=208003&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 id=\"attachment_2383981\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2383981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adm. Philip Davidson testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill.Carolyn Kaster \/ AP Photo)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 8:59 AM PT \u2013 Wednesday, March 10, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>A top military commander warned the U.S. remains vulnerable in the face of a potential aerial attack by China. On Tuesday, Admiral Philip Davidson said elements of America\u2019s air defense system, THAAD, are insufficient to deter potential threats coming from Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>Admiral Davidson is the commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command. He said the U.S. territory of Guam and the island nation of Taiwan are in the first zone of Chinese aggression. According to the military chief, the U.S. is currently unable to protect them.<\/p>\n<p>This comes despite the U.S. spending hundreds-of-billions of dollars each year on national defense, which poses the question: is the U.S. unprepared for war?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Adm. Davidson, Commander <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INDOPACOM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@INDOPACOM<\/a>, at the Senate Armed Services Committee on national security challenges &amp; U.S. military activities in the Indo-Pacific. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lhPaqETLxz\">https:\/\/t.co\/lhPaqETLxz<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SASC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SASC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeAndOpenIndoPacific?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeAndOpenIndoPacific<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/397fugNhdw\">pic.twitter.com\/397fugNhdw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (@INDOPACOM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INDOPACOM\/status\/1369299318939729923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think a wider base of long range precision fires, which are enabled by all our terrestrial forces\u2026not just sea and air but land forces as well\u2026it\u2019s critically important to stabilize what is becoming a more unstable environment in the Western Pacific,\u201d Admiral Davidson explained.<\/p>\n<p>The commander added, China is developing new systems that indicate they are interested in aggression against U.S. territories and allies in the near future.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LIVE: Adm. Davidson, commander of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INDOPACOM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@INDOPACOM<\/a>, posture hearing with the House Armed Services Committee on national security challenges and U.S. military activities in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IndoPacific?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IndoPacific<\/a> region. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HASC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HASC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeAndOpenIndoPacific?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeAndOpenIndoPacific<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FcMifKPmJS\">https:\/\/t.co\/FcMifKPmJS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (@INDOPACOM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INDOPACOM\/status\/1369679817247838215?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/gop-rep-chip-roy-leads-charge-for-election-integrity\/\">GOP Rep. Chip Roy leads charge for election integrity<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adm. 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