US Army Plans to Expand Asian Security Efforts to Counter China

Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy testifies in response to Government Accountability Office findings about substandard military housing during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, Dec. 3, 2019. Saul Loeb/AFP

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Army plans to deploy two specialized task forces to the Pacific capable of conducting information, electronic, cyber and missile operations against Beijing, a Pentagon official said on Jan. 10

The task forces were slated to deploy over the next two years, U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said at an event in Washington.