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Pentagon’s boosted missile buys are insufficient to meet China’s threat

By Tom Rogan
Published March 13, 2023 7:54pm ET
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Pentagon’s boosted missile buys are insufficient to meet China’s threat
A Long Range Anti-Ship Missile waits to be integrated onto a F/A-18 fighter jet at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, August 2005.

The Biden administration has unveiled the details of its fiscal 2024 defense budget request to Congress. Officials are proclaiming big boosts to long-range weapons purchases, an undoubted priority in facing China’s likely looming invasion of Taiwan.

Unfortunately, the purchases still fall far short of what’s needed.

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