Thanks to Lee for the link.
via The Diplomat.
China is developing a traditional Marine Corps that is capable of fighting from low to high intensity combat with great competence.
What are we doing?
We're reorienting to a lightweight heliborne force based off transportation in MV-22s in a region that sports some of the most high tech fighting vehicles on the planet.
Light Infantry vs. Mechanized Infantry. Yeah. Light Fighters talk shit but that's a fight they won't win.
We're building the wrong type of Marine Corps to face the future fight. We're getting light and the Chinese are meching up. Why can't anyone see that?
via The Diplomat.
The chances that China will mount an invasion of Taiwan remain thankfully remote for now, but the PLA Marines have nonetheless been busy, underscoring their apparent strategic and tactical importance in overall PLA military strategy. For example, as far back as 2001, the PLA Navy staged a large scale amphibious assault exercise that alarmed the Pentagon. The PLA Marines celebrated their 30th anniversary on May 5, 2010 with a large propaganda parade. Most recently, PLA Marine vessels have taken part in the major surveillance exercises being conducted against both Japan and the Philippines in the hotly contested Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands and other territories in the South China Sea. This past September 2013, PLA Marines deployed in the Chinese landing craft, the Jinggangshan, reached the Red Sea en route for the Mediterranean off Syria. In recent years, Chinese PLA Marines have played active roles in both UN peacekeeping missions and multinational anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden.Another two years of the current leadership (both political and military) and the USMC will be lucky to fight its way out of a paper bag.
China is developing a traditional Marine Corps that is capable of fighting from low to high intensity combat with great competence.
What are we doing?
We're reorienting to a lightweight heliborne force based off transportation in MV-22s in a region that sports some of the most high tech fighting vehicles on the planet.
Light Infantry vs. Mechanized Infantry. Yeah. Light Fighters talk shit but that's a fight they won't win.
We're building the wrong type of Marine Corps to face the future fight. We're getting light and the Chinese are meching up. Why can't anyone see that?