Momentum Builds for Military Funds to Blunt China’s Pacific Ambitions

The guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), front, and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) transit the South China Sea. Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nicholas V. Huynh/U.S. Navy photo/Released

Momentum is building in Congress to funnel more money into the Pacific Command theater in order to blunt China’s ambitions for regional military dominance.

A similar scheme, worth around $3 billion to $4 billion per year, took place in Europe after Russia invaded Crimea in 2014, when politicians were keen to send a message to President Vladamir Putin and his “little green men.”