to counter china, the us navy releases new guidance plan
2024-09-22
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our reporter guo yuandan
"how will senior naval officials prepare for war with china?" the u.s. navy times reported on a plan recently announced by u.s. navy chief of operations lisa franchetti with this title on the 19th. experts interviewed by the global times on the 20th said that in terms of content, the new version of the u.s. navy's combat guidance plan has not changed substantially, but it increasingly highlights its belligerent stance.
in an interview with the associated press on the 18th, franchetti introduced a new plan aimed at responding to what the pentagon calls a "key national security challenge" - china. she said she was "very concerned about 2027" and said "we need to be better prepared." according to the u.s. national defense magazine, franchetti released the 2024 u.s. navy operational guidance plan on the 18th, which includes preparing to confront china in 2027 and how to use robots and unmanned equipment to help the navy achieve this goal. according to franchetti, the latest plan is a combination of the 2022 plan and her plan called "project 33." "project 33" lists seven priority goals that franchetti is trying to achieve by 2027, including improving naval infrastructure, recruiting new soldiers, using drones and autonomous systems, etc.
according to the associated press, franchetti said a major challenge of the new plan is that 80% of the troops must be fully prepared at all times to be deployed in combat when needed. she admitted that this is a "difficult goal." franchetti said at an event of the center for strategic and international studies, a u.s. think tank, on the 19th that the u.s. navy's goal is to "respond to china, which is building strong capabilities."
reports show that the latest version of the operational guidance plan bears a clear personal label of franchetti, and the so-called "project 33" stems from her official appointment as the 33rd u.s. navy chief of operations in november 2023. "this has a lot to do with franchetti's hawkish color." zhuo hua, an international affairs expert at the school of international relations of beijing foreign studies university, said in an interview with the global times on the 20th that she has been advocating that the navy should simultaneously cope with the war against china in 2027 and maintain long-term advantages. it seems that everything is for the public, but in fact, she is eager to put her personal label on the chariot of the u.s. strategy to contain china after taking office.
in october 2021, the us navy acknowledged for the first time in its strategic guidance that "the naval forces of china and the united states are equal", and has since listed china as the most important challenge target. zhuo hua believes that compared with the previous version, the content of the new version of the us navy's operational guidance plan has not changed substantially, and it still continues its obsession with maritime hegemony. "but the latest version has two dangerous major changes: first, it not only clearly identifies china as the primary enemy, but also directly sets a timetable for operations against china in 2027, and its bellicosity is even tougher; secondly, the battlefield use of unmanned systems and actual combat simulation training against china have been strengthened and implemented. combined with the recent absurd remarks by the us military that it is willing to turn the taiwan strait into an 'unmanned hell', it can be seen that the us military's combat mode will continue to break the routine and break through the bottom line of humanity and the ethics of war."
zhuo hua believes that this plan is a naked provocation of military conflict between major powers, which will not only undermine international peace, but also backfire on us foreign policy. franchetti's "2027" timetable will undoubtedly further squeeze the us government's deliberately ambiguous strategic space on the taiwan issue, which will inevitably impact the stability of sino-us political relations. in addition, it is still questionable to what extent this military bureaucratic money-burning plan can be supported in terms of budget. ▲# hundreds of reviews#
