Essay: What the US Should Do About the South China Sea
James Holmes
Yesterday at 1:46 PM
If it floats, it fights is the slogan distributed lethality goes by. Dispersing firepower will both multiply the threat axes along which Chinese defenders must look to fend off attack, and empty their magazines by compelling them to engage a larger number of enemy vessels. That’s the sort of risk we should impose.
James Holmes [2]
The organizers of this gathering requested a “provocative” presentation. They knew not what they were asking! I will do my best to oblige.
Regional politics underwent a phase change last July, when jurists in The Hague struck down China’s claim to “indisputable sovereignty” over some 80-90 percent of a major waterway. The Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling constituted a diplomatic defeat of epic proportions for China.
http://www.scout.com/military/warrior/story/1714113-what-the-us-should-do-about-south-china-sea
