WASHINGTON EXAMINER
Marco Rubio: US must develop plan to ‘destroy’ Chinese assets in South China Sea
by Joel Gehrke
| June 04, 2018 02:50 PM
“If they've created a missile base that we can destroy, because we can position enough assets in the region that can penetrate defenses and destroy it, then we have neutralized that advantage,” Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., told the Washington Examiner.
(Guillermo Gutierrez/Bloomberg)
U.S. officials must develop plans to "destroy" China’s military installations in the South China Sea, according to Sen. Marco Rubio, to avert the Communist power’s dominance of one of the world’s most vital shipping lanes.
“If they've created a missile base that we can destroy, because we can position enough assets in the region that can penetrate defenses and destroy it, then we have neutralized that advantage,” the Florida Republican told the Washington Examiner during a phone interview last week.
That proposal is one aspect of a broader effort to offset China’s rise as a military power, particularly in the Asia-Pacific, where U.S. officials have a heightened wariness about China’s aggression. It’s a more confrontational approach than some of his colleagues think prudent, one likely to exacerbate Chinese sensitivity about American military power in the region. Rubio believes China is pursuing a “strategy of incrementalism” that, if unchecked, will eventually force American leaders into a choice between devastating war and bloodless defeat.
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READ MORE: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/marco-rubio-us-must-develop-plan-to-destroy-chinese-assets-in-south-china-sea
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