The United States is “in catch-up mode” to restore its deterrent and fighting capability that increases the size of the Navy’s fleet to compete with China in the Indo-Pacific, a former White House national security adviser told the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday. Retired Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, national security adviser in the Trump administration when the strategy was written, said “all the services are facing a bow-wave” of spending to meet requirements. For the Navy specifically, he supported the goal of more than 400 manned warships advanced in a Pentagon plan in December. He also wanted that fleet … Continue reading McMaster: U.S. is ‘In Catch-Up Mode’ to China in Indo-Pacific