The success of the US MQ-1 Predator in Peru inspired Clinton. When Aspin's detailed report was presented to Clinton's desk, Clinton applauded: "We have found a new way to fight future wars."
Under Clinton's instructions, Congress's procurement focus for the next fiscal year will shift to purchasing more MQ-1 Predators. The U.S. military will deploy more Predators in some volatile areas for reconnaissance and combat against enemies. square. The Predator's significant potential in the war on terror is why the White House and Capitol Hill are willing to tolerate a cost of more than one and a half Tomcats and still purchase large quantities.
Not only does the United States plan to deploy the Predator in Peru to assist the Peruvian government forces in dealing with the armed uprising of the Shining Path, but the United States also plans to develop a model of the Predator for use in maritime and airspace operations and deploy it at bases in Japan and Ryukyu. To put it bluntly, it is to conduct close reconnaissance of China's increasingly powerful military capabilities.
Although Clinton has shifted his focus to boosting the U.S. economy, maintaining the United States' dominant position in the world is still a major issue for the White House. At this stage, the only country that obviously affects the United States' world leadership is China. Clinton's staff combined some opinions from think tank scholars and proposed a new policy for Clinton - rebalancing.
¡°Obviously, at this time, rebalancing only occurs in a small area within the U.S. strategic community, and more of it remains in the discussion stage and preparatory planning stage. Clinton himself is very enthusiastic about the concept of rebalancing. At present, China is not qualified to challenge the United States on a global scale. However, if China becomes stronger and the United States becomes relatively weaker during his term, he will not be a successful term. Very good president.
Reed, a strategic expert from a well-known American think tank, personally explained the rebalancing strategy to Clinton at the White House, " Mr. President, because we have underestimated the speed of China's rise, in fact, according to any normal logic, China It should not have developed into what it is today in such a short period of time. The opponents we face are more forbearing and smarter than the Soviets. They will also follow the steps and are more proficient in strategy and tactics. This gives us posed greater challenges.¡±
Clinton said: ¡°Because of this, we need to design a better strategy to combat this challenge from China.¡±
Reed nodded and said: "We have reason to believe that the more than ten years of chaos in China from the 1960s to the 1970s did not cause serious damage to China as we imagined. The Chinese may even deliberately use exaggeration and exaggeration. Ridiculous chaos to cover up their secret development, especially their progress in scientific research strength and military industry strength. We already know that China has a super development plan covering almost all scientific fields, called Project 9527, which has been developed for a long time. It provided the most solid foundation for China's vigorous development after the mid-1980s.
It can be seen that China is very deceptive in its national strategy and development. From its early split with the Soviet Union and its rapid approach to our country, and finally its determination to join our camp to jointly deal with the Soviet Union, I am afraid that China has a quite clear plan. The route is to take the opportunity to cater to us and gain a broader international space, so as to use the power of the world to better develop ourselves. When our eyes were focused on the Soviet Union, we forgot that there was another country that also had the potential to compete for world leadership and was catching up in the shadows. "
Reid¡¯s words aroused the agreement of everyone present. Some people even gritted their teeth and nodded heavily, obviously very dissatisfied with China¡¯s unreasonableness.
Reed continued his analysis: "Now that China's power has basically taken shape, we can also figure out China's strategy. By uniting some Asian countries, China attempts to establish its own hegemonic influence in the Pacific and Indian Ocean regions. Through integration, Use the resources in this region for your own use, and achieve better development, thereby gaining national power that surpasses that of the United States, and ultimately winning by force."
Vice President Gore lamented: "Although China has the most neighbors in the world, long land and sea borders, and huge national defense pressure in East Asia, it also gives them a very broad space for business. On the other hand, we basically have There are no external threats, and the space for our business integration is also relatively limited. Even if we build the North American Free Trade Area and add the Caribbean countries, we still don¡¯t have a large economic circle, and it is far from being as close as China. It will be effective in North Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and even East Asia in the future.¡±
Clinton said confidently: "But we, the United States, have an unparalleled influence in the world that China can't match. Our cargo ships, protected by our warships, can go to any country in the world, and our goods can easily open doors to any country." In the market, China cannot deal with us on a global scale like the Soviet Union, so it chooses to fight us in a regional way. "
Reed said: ¡°It is not wrong to say this, but we can observe that China¡¯s integration and development of the SCO¡¯s internal economyThe depth and breadth of the operation are unimaginable, and its level is even greater than the EU's internal economic integration. We infer that if China's naturalization road map is followed, China, as the country with the largest economy in the entire economic circle, will Being able to draw the most benefits from this system and thus increase more national power is something we should be deeply worried about. Therefore, we must pay great attention to China's progress and growth and find ways to curb this rapid growth so as to maintain our advantage. "
Clinton said: "Tell me what we can do?"
"Okay, there are mainly several plans here. We can take a multi-pronged approach to contain China at the strategic level, thereby rebalancing our power. First, we need to operate a thermal insulation circle for the allies of the SCO. Unite all non-SCO countries in this region to make them stand on our side and form enough constraints and threats to China to protect regional peace to the greatest extent and avoid the consequences of excessive strength of SCO countries. Without a arrogant mentality, it will make conflicts more likely to break out.¡±
Gold said: "But we can still win over Japan in the region, but South Korea, oh no, it is now the Federation of Korea, has shown an obvious tendency to get closer to China, which is a very big blow to us. And there are other things like A country like the Philippines is too weak to pose a threat to China, or even to neighboring Southeast Asia.¡±
Reed also understood the problem with this encirclement strategy, but there was nothing that could be done about it. He said: "Yes, we can't find many allies, but the more this happens, the more it shows that China is shutting us out. The more obvious the actions are, we could not fully identify them before, but after the loss of South Korea, we can already see a clear context, that is, the more China is vigorously squeezing us out in Asia, the more we must strengthen our regional influence. We have to win over domestic countries, not only Japan and the Philippines, but also Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, etc. At the same time, I don¡¯t believe that China¡¯s architect of the SCO is stable. This system is obviously beneficial to China. , while the autonomy of other member states is being damaged, we can use divisive means to pull out several relatively strong countries, which will have a huge impact on China."
In fact, in another dimension, the United States and Japan have engaged in similar encirclement strategies. The United States' Water Lily Plan and Japan's Arc of Freedom and Prosperity are all such things. But this strategy seems particularly weak in this plane. Because in another dimension, China is still relatively isolated, and the United States has great influence and can win over most countries in the Asia-Pacific and the world. However, in this dimension, the target of containment is not only China, but also the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Organizing several member states with a total area of ??more than 20 million square kilometers is like Go. Once the power is established, it will be difficult to contain it.
What's more, in another plane, even if China does not have the powerful power of China in this plane, it still has huge influence and can poke holes in such an encirclement strategy.
Reed then talked about the second strategic plan: "After plundering the Soviet heritage, China already has a nuclear arsenal comparable to ours, and with Julang-3, Dongfeng-31A Dongfeng-41, Changjian-10, etc. A batch of missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads have posed a nuclear threat to us that is no less than that of the Soviet Union. Although China's geographical location is not very good and it is difficult to attack us directly on the mainland, don't forget North Asia. The two countries are also allies of China, and they also have the strength to attack us.
Therefore, we must take precautions and establish a stronger theater ballistic missile defense plan. The focus is to defend against direct attacks on us by nuclear missiles in the Asia-Pacific region. We have three main strategies to deal with these ballistic missiles: first, detect and destroy the incoming missile before it is launched; second, destroy the incoming missile when it is launched into the air; third, while the incoming missile is in flight or heavily It will be intercepted and destroyed when it returns to the atmosphere.
There are still some technical difficulties for us to achieve these goals, but no matter what, we must work hard to develop these defense systems. The conflict with China may not be obvious, but the cloud of nuclear war still hangs over the earth. When China has more and more nuclear equipment and the threat is getting bigger, we must sharpen our spears and strengthen them. Our shield. "
Clinton clapped his hands and said: "Yes, even if we are unwilling to fight a nuclear war with China, we must be prepared. Now nuclear strikes are already a trinity, so we also need to obtain a trinity of nuclear weapons defense capabilities."