US intel community warns of 'complex' threats from China, Russia, North Korea
Office of the Director of National Intelligence lists climate change as threat to US in 2023 annual assessment
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-inte...a?intcmp=tw_fnc
By Brooke Singman | Fox News


The U.S. is expected to face a "complex" security environment and will need to work to confront two "critical" strategic challenges: rising powers, like China, seeking dominance in the global order, and challenges like climate change, which could "intersect" and intensify their national security implications, the U.S. intelligence community assessed.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Wednesday released its 2023 annual threat assessment, which warned of threats against the U.S. posed by China, Russia, North Korea and Iran. It also warned of global challenges like climate change and evolving technologies that could have the potential to "disrupt" traditional business and society, while creating "unprecedented vulnerabilities."

"These two strategic challenges will intersect and interact in unpredictable ways, leading to mutually reinforcing effects that could challenge our ability to respond, but that also will introduce new opportunities to forge collective action with allies and partners, including non-state actors," the report states.

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As for China, the U.S. intelligence community said the Chinese Communist Party will continue its efforts to make China the "preeminent power in East Asia and a major power on the world stage."

Officials said that Chinese President Xi Jinping, in his third term, will work to press Taiwan on unification and will seek to "undercut U.S. influence" by driving "wedges between Washington and its partners."

"At the same time, China’s leaders probably will seek opportunities to reduce tensions with Washington when they believe it suits their interests," the report states.-- excerpt, rest at link above --

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The U.S. is expected to face a "complex" security environment and will need to work to confront two "critical" strategic challenges: rising powers, like China, seeking dominance in the global order, and challenges like climate change, which could "intersect" and intensify their national security implications, the U.S. intelligence community assessed.

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China holds ‘military advantage’ over US as Washington prepares for conflict over Taiwan: retired general
Keane: Victory over Taiwan would give Beijing control of South China Sea, greater dominance on world stage
https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-hold...ed-general-says
By Caitlin McFall | Fox News



White House responds to China: 'We do not want conflict'

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre responded Tuesday to warnings from China of conflict with the U.S., saying, "We do not want conflict."

Concerns over a Chinese invasion of Taiwan continue to mount with Beijing now suspected of involvement in damaging some of the island nation's undersea internet cables this week in another show of deliberate harassment.

The disruption to Taiwan’s internet was not only a nuisance for the island’s inhabitants and visitors, it also revealed significant implications for Taiwan's national security.

There is no definitive evidence that China purposefully cut the internet lines, but the incident brought renewed attention to what an attack on Taiwan might look like and whether the U.S. would be able to adequately stop it.
Taiwanese soldiers carry shells past armored vehicles during a two-day live-fire drill on Sept. 7, 2022.

Taiwanese soldiers carry shells past armored vehicles during a two-day live-fire drill on Sept. 7, 2022. (Ceng Shou Yi / NurPhoto via Getty Images)

U.S. INTEL COMMUNITY WARNS OF 'COMPLEX' THREATS FROM CHINA, RUSSIA, NORTH KOREA

U.S. war games involving a Chinese takeover of Taiwan generally involve a large-scale amphibious attack that would attempt to quickly and efficiently take the island and its international allies by surprise.

President Biden has said he will send troops to counter a Chinese land invasion, which would likely prompt responses from other regional U.S. allies and could make this form of assault costly and deadly for all parties involved.

But it has also prompted questions over whether the U.S. is capable of engaging with China in a traditional kinetic attack like the ongoing war in Ukraine.

"China does have a military advantage," retired Gen. Jack Keane, a Fox News senior strategic analyst, said. "They have more ships, more airplanes, more offensive and defensive missiles than the United States has."-- excerpt, rest at link above --


I would have dismissed this, but Keane does have some credibility.