https://taskandpurpose.com/news/pentagon-2024-budget-missiles/
美國國防部副部長Kathleen Hicks在國防部的記者會上這麽說:
“This latest budget expands capacity even more and procures the maximum amount of munitions that are most relevant for deterring, and if necessary, prevailing over aggression in the Indo-Pacific, such as the Tomahawk cruise missile and its latest maritime strike variant, the Extend-Range Joint Air-to-Surface standoff missile, or the JASSM-ER; the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile, or the LRASM; and the anti-ship capable SM-6 missile, among others.”
關鍵重點再強調一次:“... for deterring, and if necessary, prevailing over aggression in the Indo-Pacific, ...”
她的意思是說,美國不惜一戰,如果有必要,並且正在做準備,