New, reawakened US military at lowest active duty level in 80 years as China threat looms | louder.news

Failing to meet its recruitment targets, the US military will enter 2024 with its smallest force in 80 years, even as strategists warn that wars especially involving Russia-backed China are increasingly likely and even imminent.

Under the recently passed $886 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the total number of active-duty troops will drop to 1,284,500 next year, the Pentagon said.

This is the lowest total since the United States entered World War II in 1941.

Richard Fisher recently wrote for Geostrategy-Direct.com that CCP leader Xi Jin Ping has noted the Biden Administration's failure to respond to China's rapid and massive nuclear weapons buildup.

“By threatening nuclear defeat, Xi Jinping can blackmail or coerce Washington into defending partners like Taiwan from Chinese invasion, or allies like Japan and the Philippines from Chinese attacks on their territory,” Fisher wrote.