U.S. General Ronald Clark, the commander of the U.S. Army in the Pacific, told the Wall Street Journal that China's increasingly aggressive behavior in the Indo-Pacific calls for an urgent strategy change.
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00:00The U.S.'s Pacific Army commander says China's aggressive behavior in the Indo-Pacific demands
00:05a fundamental shift in military strategy. General Ronald Clark told The Wall Street Journal
00:10that Beijing's rehearsals of a Taiwan blockade were once unthinkable but are now routine.
00:16He says China holds key advantages and U.S. forces could arrive too late in a crisis.
00:22He says the U.S. is now boosting its presence in the region and deploying more long-range missile
00:26systems. It's also stepping up joint military drills with other regional allies
00:30like the Balikatan exercises with the Philippines.