At present, although the United States is extremely concerned about the Russo-Ukrainian war that broke out in Europe, there are still some HIGH-level US military and political leaders who believe that this war has exposed many shortcomings of the Russian military, especially the lack of conventional military strength. Although it is possible to make steady progress in the face of Ukraine, under the fierce resistance of the Ukrainian army, the loss of Russian personnel and weapons and equipment is not optimistic.
Moreover, Russia's threat to the United States is nothing but nuclear weapons, and China in Asia is much greater than Russia's threat, and the United States believes that China is the only powerful country with the strength to compete with the United States in economic, military, scientific and technological aspects, and Russia obviously does not have this comprehensive capability.
Therefore, at this stage, it is still necessary to target the biggest threat to China, in this regard, the US media "National Interest" published an article saying that the US Marine Corps will do whatever it takes to defeat the Chinese Navy, emphasizing the new military reform of the US Marine Corps in the future and how to completely defeat the strategy of the Chinese Navy.
The article emphasizes that the Marine Corps is working to meet the 2030 military reform, a guiding document for the U.S. Marine Corps that will fundamentally change the Marine Corps, changing the Marine Corps' original overemphasized tactics of land operations and returning to the Marine Corps' naval traditions, which will be the most significant change in the U.S. Marine Corps in 100 years.
In response, the Marine Corps will undergo a major overhaul, some weapons that do not conform to the concept of operations will be completely abandoned, and the Marine Corps has thrown away all tank battalions, as well as most of the artillery and mortars. The Marine Corps is also phasing out amphibious assault vehicles from the 1970s and replacing them with newer amphibious combat vehicles.
The Marine Corps will quickly deploy new, state-of-the-art weapons and re-arm itself to defeat the world's largest navy, the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy. The US media said in the article analysis that the current Marine Corps is re-designating part of the Marine Corps regiment of the unit, downsizing the number into a leaner and more flexible force, called the Marine Corps Coastal Combat Regiment, which has stronger rapid response capabilities and island seizure capabilities and can better respond to the PLA in future operations.
U.S. Marine Corps Deputy Commander Gen. Eric Smith spoke of the importance of adapting coastal operations, saying that the new military reform is crucial for the U.S. Marine Corps to be able to deter and defeat opponents, and the U.S. Marine Corps can no longer wait for the PLA Navy to reach its full potential, and now it must change this situation. To put it bluntly, the US military just wants to form an absolute superiority over the Chinese navy again through the new military reform before the Chinese navy fully rises, and wants to be strong first in order to better control the Asia-Pacific region and deter China.
The 2030 new military reform of the U.S. Marine Corps includes the following key points: First, strengthening the construction of information-based forces, through advanced unmanned aerial vehicles, submarines, surface ships and even fighter jets and other dispersed nodes, can be greatly dispersed in a broad combat range, while combining artificial intelligence-enabled networks, secure radio frequency data links, long-range sensors and weapons, high-speed computers and other advanced equipment, will further strengthen the Marine Corps' ability to perceive the situation.
Second, enhance the response to the PLA Navy's large weapons, such as the U.S. Marine Corps' latest deployment of new anti-ship weapons systems, which will use the Navy's Strike Missile (NSM) in conjunction with joint light tactical vehicles. Using unmanned remotely controlled joint light tactical vehicles to conduct anti-ship operations against the Chinese Navy, the joint light tactical vehicles are equipped with two Naval Strike Missiles (NSMs), each with a range of more than 400-500 kilometers and carrying a 226 kg warhead, which significantly enhances the Marine Corps' anti-ship capabilities. Not only that, but also to increase long-range precision firepower, dispersed unmanned aerial systems and lighter and smaller amphibious vehicles, but also to strengthen the number of unmanned combat ships.
Third, retired land-based combat equipment, such as the Marine Corps tank battalion was previously equipped with M1A1HC main battle tanks and AAV7 amphibious landing tanks, the former has no threat to the Chinese Navy, and the latter is an amphibious landing tank created by the United States in the 70s, which has lagged behind China's new amphibious landing vehicles in technology. As a result, the U.S. side for the Marine Corps Tank Battalion is speeding up the dismantling, while using the more advanced ACV amphibious large eight-wheeler, replacing the AAV7 amphibious landing vehicle.
But it also has to be said that even after the new military reform of the US Marine Corps, even if the overall combat effectiveness has been significantly improved, the surrounding areas of the Asia-Pacific region are actually still difficult to match the PLA. At China's doorstep, the Chinese military is not the Chinese Navy alone, the Chinese Navy also has the support of the Air Force and rocket force, at that time, the US Marine Corps and Navy will face the Chinese system of combat, especially in the Asia-Pacific region, where China has absolute superiority, the United States does not have any ability to "defeat" the Chinese Navy. If the US military provokes the entire motherland and fights at home, it will be able to easily sink the main fleet of the US Navy's aircraft carriers and marine corps, and with the advancement of time, the pace of modernization of the PLA will accelerate, and the gap between the us forces in the Asia-Pacific region will become wider and wider, and no matter what methods the US side adopts, it will not be able to change this objective fact.
Therefore, the US military's advocacy of the new military reform may be another reason for using China's "threat theory" as a reason for "accumulating wealth." After all, the US military does not have the courage to face the PLA head-on, and the odds of winning are really slim at the moment, about equal to zero, but on the grounds of conflict with China, the ability to reach out for money and earn military expenses is undoubtedly a housekeeping skill.