Hegseth Orders Pentagon To Focus on Preparing for War With China Over Taiwan

Hegseth Orders Pentagon To Focus on Preparing for War With China Over Taiwan

In an internal memo, Hegseth called China the 'sole pacing threat'.

Second day of military operations around the island. The maneuvers called 'Thunder in the Strait. ' Washington denounces the intimidation. And a Pentagon memorandum promises to defend Taiwan

For the second consecutive day, Beijing deploys its army near the island that it claims, including "precision strikes on simulated targets of key ports and energy installations." A deployment condemned by Washington and the European Union.

According to the Washington Post, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has issued an order stating that protecting Taiwan is a high military priority for the US.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued an order declaring the island's protection a high military priority for the US.

Hegseth circulated secret Pentagon memo on preparing for war with...

Over the weekend The Washington Post revealed that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth distributed a memo in mid-March which ordered the Pentagon to prioritize its war-planning focus on potential future conflict with China. The memo, called the Interim National Defense Strategic Guidance "outlines, in broad and sometimes partisan detail, the execution of President Donald Trump's vision to prepare for and win a potential war against Beijing and def…