9DASHLINE — The rough road ahead for US-South Korea relations Written by Hunter Slingbaum. In the coming months, South Korea should remain focused on its own presidential election and repairing its domestic fabric, but interim leadership can also explore ways to...

"Concern about a deterrent gap can either be bridged with a continued promise of the US nuclear umbrella, or a slow, measured withdrawal while South Korea pursues its own capabilities" buff.ly/j7HKmeG | by Hunter Slingbaum

2/ and we find that USAF aircraft may remain grounded in the critical first days to weeks of a war. There are no easy answers, but any viable path demands that the U.S. outthink - not outspend - China.

Cratering Effects: Chinese Missile Threats to US Air Bases in the Indo-Pacific • Stimson Center Chinese missiles attacks on air bases could thwart effective U.S. sortie generation at the outset of a military conflict.

Thrilled to share my first report with @stimsoncenter.bsky.social and my phenomenal colleagues, @kellygrieco.bsky.social & Jonathan Walker. In it, we assess the threat that Chinese missiles pose to U.S. air bases in the Indo-Pacific...1/

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