China is Studying How US Fights, Designing Systems Intended to Defeat America: Air Force Secretary

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall speaks at the National Press Club on April 19, 2022 in Washington. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seeks to displace the United States as the world’s premier power, and is building the military required to pursue that goal, according to the secretary of the Air Force and Space Force.

“China has ambitions to be the great power on the face of the earth,” said Frank Kendall. “They have ambitions to be the global great power.”