Is she the first female US Defense Secretary to expose “the Chinese fleet that sinks in 3 days”?

Michelle Flanoy, a former US Under Secretary of Defense under former President Barack Obama, was considered the Biden administration’s first strong candidate for Secretary of Defense. The fact is attracting attention.

Former Under Secretary of Defense Michelle Planoy, who is considered the first candidate for Secretary of Defense in the Biden administration. [트위터]

On the 15th, Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post (SCMP) featured a powerful public deterrence concept announced in June this year by former Deputy Minister Planoy in a report that “ a potential Pentagon chief has revealed the idea of ​​sinking a Chinese fleet in 72 hours. ”

In 2010, then-Deputy Minister of Defense in the Obama administration, Michelle Planoy (left), is speaking with John Paxton, who served as deputy commander of the Marine Corps. [AP=연합뉴스]

In an article titled “ How to stop the war in Asia, ” published in “ Forine Affairs, ” in a diplomatic magazine last June, he argued that the United States should have a strong deterrent to defeat Chinese troops in the region. so that the Chinese leadership is not mistaken. .

he is “For example, if the US military has the ability to sink all Chinese warships, submarines and merchant ships in 72 hours in the South China Sea, China will think twice before making a decision to blockade or invade Taiwan.” . It will be questioned whether it is worth putting the entire fleet in. “Explained.

Recently, the United States and China are showing their military might in the South China Sea and Taiwan, and concerns about an accidental military conflict between the two sides have grown more than ever.

In his contribution, Planoy proposed that “with investments in military capabilities, the United States should clarify its commitment to the Indo-Pacific region, clarify who it intends to defend and what it intends to defend.” . He noted that “the United States should deploy more senior officials and additional military forces in the region to emphasize its permanent presence and balance China’s influence.”

A contribution from Michelle Planoi in External Relations in June. [포린 어페어스]

Furthermore, he added, “the US military also needs to maintain its own stance abroad,” he added. “From the beginning of the conflict, China will try to disrupt US capabilities in all areas, including aviation, sea, submarine, space and cyberspace.”

He insisted that the United States should have a strong deterrent to defeat the Chinese military in the region so that the Chinese leadership would not be mistaken. [포린 어페어스 캡처]

SCMP said: “Defense experts and diplomats see that this idea will be enormously expensive,” SCMP said. “Naming someone who made this claim (as Secretary of Defense) is a sign that the United States will continue to exert military pressure on China. It will be said,” he reported.

Amid the escalation of the conflict between the United States and China, in September, Chinese troops showed their strength by posting images of mock attacks with bombers and missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons. The simulated strike training target in the video using a bomber appears to be the U.S. Anderson Air Force Base in Guam, Reuters reported. The image is a scene from a video posted by Eastern Light Bulb of China. [연합뉴스]

With the inauguration of the Biden administration, former Vice Minister Planoy is drawing attention because she is likely to become the first female Defense Minister in US history. The Associated Press reported on the 14th (local time) that the politically moderate Michelle Flanoy was being mentioned as the number one candidate for the Defense Minister, who had been the ‘Grandmother’s House’ in the US administration.

Planoy was also on the hunt for defense ministers when Hillary Clinton was nominated for the Democratic presidential election in 2016. Flanoy began her career with the Department of Defense in the 1990s and served as the Deputy Minister of Defense Policy in the Department of Defense. Defense from February 2009 to February 2012 during the Obama administration. He currently serves as a director of the consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, a defense contract operator.

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