We mentioned the the now presence of USS Gerald R. Ford um and the Pentagon saying it would quote disrupt narcotics trafficking and degrade and dismantle transnational criminal organizations when you think about the potential objective here of the United States both in the Pacific and and the Caribbean what is your sense Richard with all the firepower that is being used as to the ultimate objective. >> You don't need that to knock out a few boats that are traveling in the open sea and not responding to sign ...

China played down its rapidly rising military might for years. In the past few weeks, Beijing has broadcast a steady drumbeat of firepower displays and muscular rhetoric, carrying an unmistakable warning for the U.S. https://t.co/OMBECfPpAv ...