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‘They can’t compete’: US flexes bombers that can strike mainland China

By Joel Gehrke
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‘They can’t compete’: US flexes bombers that can strike mainland China

Pentagon strategists used a B-52 Stratofortress to send a sharp reminder to both China and U.S. allies: American forces can hurt the People’s Liberation Army in a hurry.

“They can’t compete with us on that, and they know that,” Florida Rep. Ted Yoho, a senior Republican member for the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said while discussing major military exercises launched on Saturday.

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