00:00 We're going to war with China?
00:02 Department of the Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall
00:05 presented a detailed tutorial for why
00:08 China is America's preeminent security threat.
00:12 Kendall argues the Air Force and Space Force
00:14 must modernize and adapt quickly to ensure
00:17 the nation's security and interests are protected.
00:20 Quote, "We must be ready for a kind of war
00:23 we have no modern experience with," unquote.
00:25 Kendall said at the Air and Space Forces Association's
00:28 2023 Air, Space, and Cyber Conference.
00:32 He said China has been, quote, "re-optimizing its forces
00:36 for great power competition," unquote.
00:38 This includes two new military services,
00:41 a rocket force specifically designed, quote,
00:44 "to attack America's high-value assets, aircraft carriers,
00:47 forward airfields, and key C2 and logistics nodes," unquote.
00:52 And secondly, quote, "strategic support forces," unquote,
00:56 designed and equipped, quote,
00:59 "to achieve information dominance
01:01 in the space and cyber domains," unquote.
