This is the type of material that may be needed in future exercises, natural disasters or war.
“We’re looking at doing more of it,” Army Gen. Charles Flynn, the top military commander in the Pacific, told Reuters in an interview.
“There are a number of other countries in the region where we already have agreements to do this,” he said, without naming specific countries.
Reuters interviews with more than two dozen current and former US officials found that US military logistics in the Pacific remain one of the biggest US vulnerabilities in any potential conflict over Taiwan.
According to current and former officials and experts, US war games have concluded that China would likely try to bomb jet fuel supplies or refueling ships, without engaging US air and sea power with heavily armed fighters. Would weaken or sink America’s fleet of surface warships.
In response, the United States is trying to spread its military logistics centers across the region – including warehouses in Australia, officials told Reuters.
Asked about Reuters’ findings, the Pentagon said the Defense Department is working with allies to make US forces more mobile and distributed.
The Chinese Embassy in Washington did not directly address the Reuters report, but a spokeswoman said the United States should “stop increasing military contacts with the Taiwan region” and “stop creating factors that could create conflict in the Taiwan Strait.” “Can increase stress.”