WASHINGTON: The US army are keen to expand its access and basing arrangements in Southeast Asia as part of a strategy to deter China, their secretary said yesterday.

Christine Wormuth told a Washington think tank such a posture shift was in the interests of both the US and its allies and partners in the region, but there was a need to be “realistic about what is possible”.


She said positioning US military equipment in Asia had been heavily oriented towards Northeast Asia.

“There is very much a desire to be able to expand our access and basing arrangements more into Southeast Asia, because if we were able to do that, we would have a more dispersed posture that would give us much more flexibility,” she told the Center for Strategic and International Studies.



“It is very much in our interests and in the interest of our allies and partners, to explore how we can shift that posture over time,” she said, while adding:

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“But my own view is that we need to be realistic about what is possible and as we look at the operational challenges we need to have realistic assumptions about the locations from where we might be able to operate.”

Wormuth spoke at a time when the Biden administration has been stepping up engagement with Southeast Asia, a region it sees as central to its strategy of competition with an ever more assertive and militarily expanding China.

The top US diplomat for East Asia, assistant secretary of state Daniel Kritenbrink, is currently in Southeast Asia in the latest visit by a senior US official.


Wormuth did not say where the army is interested in expanding its access, but said progress with the Philippines in renewing an agreement allowing the rotational presence of US troops had been very important.

She said a key part of an ongoing Pentagon force posture review was looking for more opportunities to pre-position equipment.

She said it was important to work collectively to avoid war in Asia and the best strategy was strong deterrence to ensure that Chinese leader Xi Jinping “to the extent that he might think about trying to forcibly reunify with Taiwan will decide that … today is not the day to do that”.

Among the roles for the army was in “long-range fires”, including hypersonic weapons it plans to start fielding, Wormuth said.


She stressed concerns about possible misunderstandings that could lead to conflict and the need to avoid “second Cold War framing” and to maintain lines of communication with Beijing.

“We really need to have channels where we can have dialogue with the Chinese government … that’s something I worry about,” she said

pls build a base at Sabah

US air base in KK when?

lucky help coming

They better hurry.

Communist already there.

Had they mapped the seabed properly this time? If not crash again.
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2021/11/...to-sea-mountain

This post has been edited by msacras: Dec 2 2021, 10:36 AM

Waiting for Singapore, of all countries to protest...

If Russia start attacking ACUNT due to ACUNT sibuk pasal Ukraine issue

And China start attacking ACUNT due to ACUNT sibuk pasal SEA.

Do you think ACUNT gonna perished?

More info:

And Taliban start attacking ACUNT because they dissatisfied over bossy ACUNT

As well as North Korea start attacking ACUNT.

This post has been edited by InitialB: Dec 2 2021, 10:54 AM

just get lost from SEA waters!

India+Aus+JP+CND can hold off Tongsan
SK can hold off NK

Murika can fight head on with Russia themselves with some assistances from UK and etc.

This post has been edited by msacras: Dec 2 2021, 10:58 AM

Port Klang waiting for you...

Don't try to turn SEA into a war zone. Please f.. o..

India busy building their toilet (I hope) and they need to figure out how to achieve their carbon neutral at 2070 (haha).

Canada busy with their white left politic.

SK want to get the 'peace treaty' done by Beijing Winter Olympic coz their election is coming. Current NK friendly president cant be reelected. Next generation president probably don't have any feel or tie to NK anymore.

Aussie also goreng China war everyday on their news because election is coming.

Toilet. Wahaha.

hell they so far away when need to come here protek

Bannal du bosku. Amonok si koyong.

You just describe a potential WW3 trigger....

fakap ang moh and CCP

jaga rakyat sendiri

SEA now become King Maker.

You think they're deploying from San Diego not Hawaii, Guam, Okinawa, Korea?

Even Guam now suddenly have Iron Dome....

s2pid usa. go taiwan n japan n South Korea. come here for what. we are thousands km away. fvck off south china sea

Yes. Sabah is the most suitable place to built US Base to protect Malaysia from CCP threat because it is the nearest to China.

Why not at your home?

You can offer your wife and daughter to please your master

What's so special with SEA here??

i really want to see these 2 kote pendek superpowers cutting each other's head off.

what do you mean come here for what?? it's the same setup as in WW2, from Philippines,Malaysia,Singapore,Brunei and even Indonesia after CIA help Suharto to topple the Mao Mao Commies infested Sukarno administration were all militarily link with the US,UK,Australia etc, not much difference since WW2....

This post has been edited by yongku99: Dec 2 2021, 11:32 AM

tontolou mu basar.

Murica really think highly of themselves huh? Like they are the world's saviour. Digusting

whole SEA caught in the crossfire. owait cold war inkambing first.

mana puak puak yang bising china ship pass by

keluar bising US la

khaimitoban is gay la.

u should mean by pleasing his bf or hubby.

i wish it happens during my lifetime

i really want to see the world burn.

They now mouthful with their master punya white cock

Dont have time to bising

It is Cold War 2.0 now, that's why Taiwan super huge microchip company TSMC already build a crazy size huge factory in Arizona,USA., just in case something happen to them later, so the world chips supply can continue even if the situation getting super tense .....

Kesian

Must be having sad life

eh no

being gay have nothing to do with one's emotion

khaimitoban is a proud gay

so we should at least acknowledge that.

US KENA JILAT KAW KAW TAU !!!!!!!!!!!!! KALAU CHINA KENA KONDEM KAW KAW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If they invade Msia to spread their brand of freedom, probably still better than umno

Can sell teh ais ikat tepi and earn all those RMB&USD. BBB UUU

are they deploying any nuclear missiles at their South East Asia bases...?!

Ka ka cau cau.

Hello police

@PDRM

US really wants a war with China right now because it has too much debt and China has been holding alot of US dollars. In fact US dollar is still holding its value because China still accepts the Dollar as a trading currency. They are slowly moving away from it and US is currently in panick mode. US has been sending a few key people to visit China but all only gets to Tianjin, they can't even get China to buy more of their debt any longer. US has been provoking China with Taiwan issue very active for the few years now

This post has been edited by Avex: Dec 2 2021, 11:44 AM

Ahok tuan. Amonok barang lu.

Still have kidnappings by Abu Sayyaf Group and other terrorist acts in that area?

USA invade Malaysia is good

China invade Malaysia is very bad

Phillipine subic bay is more strategic and nearer.

Can cutt off the China navy between.

i can offer myself too if it can pleases uncle sam

not sure as i m making my living in kl now

durtete is pro chyna i think

plus they already shut down clark air base for usa use

so they build base here means they going to start war in SEA?

both can f off

COD: Putrajaya incoming....

Ghey kailu bosku. Amonok ah barang lu.

Salah komunis china noob give US excuses to make this move. hehehe

PDRM: is Timah in danger again?!

you can be sure that whenever US builds a base, the local women there get raped first

even if Duterte is a Pro China leader, he knows Philippines and US have some sort of old agreement if there's an attack, pretty much the same setup as in WW2.....

Good for showbiz, later can get a generation of handsome/cun half-american malaysian pipul. Like the philippines.

that's a worse case scenario, probably at max, the world just going to blockade PRC trade route, so they going to become like N.Korea, if they want to import goods,raw materials,food etc from certain country, they need a 3rd party shipping company etc,in short expensive & limited options...

This post has been edited by yongku99: Dec 2 2021, 12:21 PM

Durtete try to get some money from China. China promise some investment. But 1/2 of it only.

Phillippine change president next yrs.

Up to them want to lease back to US. Extra income if they want + China can't bully them.

Many amdk in tards actually welcome the D and siap buka mulut.... Kecian... Selalu cinta Malaysia, ini tanah air ku... But when the D come... Can't say no also.... Lol

Don't see news on china expanding military in the west to deter US

why protest ???...they want China bullying their neighbors ??

@PDRM

Hello polis

deploy here. then china attack here. wtf

I read in a book that a general quoted once "fight for your country in someone else's country".

GTFO imperialist scums

Hope malaysia see 1 shoot 1