At the same conference, US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell urged the incoming Trump administration to work closely with Australia and New Zealand to counter a "relentless" China and not to turn inward.
"We have to do better in this arena, or we will not be the great naval power that we need to be for the 21st century," Kurt Campbell told lawmakers today.
As aircraft shrink, threats expand, and technology accelerates, aircraft engines must iterate along with the threats.
"I think we still believe that China ... does not create undue areas of friction and tension that can escalate in ways that are unpredictable and dangerous," Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said.
"We're going to invest in technology to have a three-way hotline for the leaders and others inside their governments to communicate," among other announcements to come Friday, said a top NSC official.
Among the political elite in Wellington, there is disagreement about the value of New Zealand joining this element of the partnership — disagreement that could end any realistic chances of New Zealand becoming the fourth member of AUKUS.
Campbell, the NSC's coordinator for Indo-Pacific affairs, said the US will launch a new effort next week to help the Pacific islands, including initiatives to build new embassies.
Onshoring and investment in military-specific semiconductors anchor a cornerstone of the defense industrial base.
Stopping short of saying "red line," a senior State Department official said a US delegation warned the Solomon Islands about a US response should China attempt to have a "de facto" military presence there.
The White House announced that Daniel Kritenbrink, assistant secretary of State for east Asian and Pacific affairs, and Kurt Campbell, the National Security Council's Indo-Pacific Coordinator, will lead an interagency delegation to the Solomon Islands, Fiji and Papua New Guinea.
The context for President Biden's almost four-hour discussion Monday night with President Xi Jinpeng, Kurt Campbell said, is "that the United States is here to stay in the Indo-Pacific, and we're going to defend and support the operating system that has been so good for so many of us for many years."
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