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It is about increasing US military strength and posture in the Indo-Pacific region and strengthening the alliance to contain China. Before Joe Biden’s administration took office, the United States Congress issued a bipartisan order on the need to respond more aggressively to China.
According to US media such as the Washington Post (WP) on the 6th (local time), $ 2.2 billion was allocated to the National Defense Authorization Act, a defense budget for fiscal year 2021 prepared by the United States Senate. and the House of Representatives.
Accordingly, the Secretary of Defense must develop a plan to improve the posture and defensive capabilities of US forces in the Indo-Pacific region and secure alliances.
Plans include modernizing and strengthening US troops. The Secretary of Defense must present the corresponding report to Congress before February 15, 2021.
Although the bill mentioned the alternative direction of China’s controls through the Pacific Deterrence Award, no details were specified, so it is assessed that the Joe Biden administration, which will be launched in January next year, has considerable discretion in setting plans.
Bonnie Glaser, director of the US Think Tank Institute for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), pointed out to the WP that “Parliament is sending a clear signal to the Biden administration to move forward (in response to China).”
The WP quoted parliamentary officials, saying that “how the idea will evolve depends largely on what the Biden administration decides to do.”
The WP predicted that in fiscal 2022, there were comments from lawmakers that more than double the budget should be reflected in the Pacific Deterrence Plan, and predicted that the budget will be expanded in the future.
The name of the Pacific Deterrence Award is derived from the ‘European Deterrence Award’ designed to strengthen the presence of US troops to defend the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance against the Russian offensive in 2014.
Earlier, the Chairman of the US Senate Military Committee, James Inhope, and the Secretary of the Democratic Party, Jack Reid, announced the need to reflect the Pacific Deterrence Award in the Defense Authority Act in a Contributing article titled ‘Pacific Deterrence Award: Peace Through Force in the Indo-Pacific Region’ in May. I have emphasized it.
The defense authorization bill also included a budget for the construction of two Virginia-class attack submarines. In response to China’s strong naval power, the United States Navy requested a budget for just one and Congress organized two.
The House of Representatives is due to vote on the bill earlier this week, with a vote in the Senate after that.
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