WASHINGTON — The Navy’s top officer is “of course” worried that the conflict in Iran is eroding the US military’s readiness globally and its ability to deter near-peer threats like China.
“It’s a mathematical certainty that if you consume a fixed resource, then your ability to bring that to bear on another problem set is diminished by the amount you subtract it,” Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle said today at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event when asked about deterring Beijing. “So it’d be silly for me to say anything other than I’m concerned. Readiness is being consumed. I mean, we’re built to do that. I mean, it’s a conflict. And so we’re designed to go do that.”
“So now the challenge that you’re…
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