"They're trying to get what they want. They're trying to replace the West and, moreover, the United States in our access and influence across this crucial continent," US Africa Command chief Gen. Michael Langley told lawmakers.
The "evolving" stand-in forces concept is "applicable globally" but singles out America's chief rival.
Hybrid communications requirements will shape the Army’s data infrastructure of the future.
A new report by the Hudson Institute projects the Pentagon is liable to be outdone by China if it fails to more heavily invested in the Air Force's aerial refueling capabilities.
Opportunities for the US and Chinese air forces to interface have "dried up" in recent years. That "should cause us a little bit of concern," the Air Force's director of staff said Friday.
Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro's new strategic guidance makes abundantly clear the service now views China as its top competitor, more so than Russia.