Pentagon says China and climate change 'equally important' national security threats
Military looks to transition all fossil-fuel reliant vehicles to hybrid and fully electric vehicles
By Caitlin McFall | Fox News
The Pentagon said Wednesday it considers China and climate change to be "equally important" national security threats facing the U.S. Department of Defense.
"Both are equally important," press secretary John Kirby told Fox News. "Both are challenges that the secretary wants the senior leadership at the Pentagon to be focused on, as well as many others too.
"I think we get paid to examine all the threats to our national security. And I don't know that it does anybody good to put some sort of relative analysis assessment on that," he said when Fox News’ Lucas Tomlinson asked whether China or the climate was a bigger threat to the U.S.
"You've heard the secretary talk about the climate as a real and existential national security threat," he continued. "And it is – not just to the United States, but to countries all over the world."
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