A possible future armed conflict with China would chiefly be an air and naval campaign, but the Pentagon isn't buying the right things to make victory likely, according to a new study.rn"AirSea Battle: A Point-of-Departure Operational Concept" was rolled out by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments at a Capitol Hill seminar in late May. It forecasts that a military confrontation with China would demand the full effort of the Air Force and Navy, working more closely together than they ever have before, but fielding assets that are now either in decline or deferred from the current defense spending plan.
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