Military Unveils Software Designed to Predict Communist China’s Response to US Actions

Military Unveils Software Designed to Predict Communist China’s Response to US Actions
Kathleen Hicks (L), the first female U.S. deputy defence secretary, arrives for the first day in her new role at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Feb. 9 2021. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
Andrew Thornebrooke
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New software developed by the U.S. military and unveiled last week will help commanders understand how their actions in the Indo-Pacific might provoke China’s ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

“With the spectrum of conflict and the challenge sets spanning down into the gray zone, what you see is the need to be looking at a far broader set of indicators, weaving that together and then understanding the threat interaction,” Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks said last week.

Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
Andrew Thornebrooke is a national security correspondent for The Epoch Times covering China-related issues with a focus on defense, military affairs, and national security. He holds a master's in military history from Norwich University.
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