International security

China Threatens U.S. Military Superiority

China poses a great challenge to all major foundations of U.S. military superiority, the former director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Trey Obering, told an audience in his speech on August 19.

Ever since the World War II ended, U.S. military superiority has been based on three large foundations, as noted by Obering. U.S. military superiority has been thriving on (1) strategic intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, (2) power projection capabilities, and (3) a dominant position in terms of technological advantage in a conflict of any kind.