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Why the US Marine Corps is not ready to fight China

The Marine Corps is America’s strongest fighting force—but is utterly unprepared for a major war in the Indo-Pacific.
China is deploying a large number of naval and coast guard vessels across East Asian waters, at one point more than 100, in ...
Revenues at China's giant military firms fell last year as corruption purges slowed arms contracts and procurement, according ...
U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, practice crowd control in preparation to support U.S. Northern Command’s mission in Los Angeles, June 9, 2025. Credit: U.S.
Article Summary - U.S. Marines are quietly building a foothold on Japan’s Yonaguni Island, just 70 miles from Taiwan, moving medical and logistics supplies, testing refueling points, and landing ...
The U.S. Marine Corps established an attack drone team earlier this year to respond to the rapid development of armed first-person view (FPV) drone technology and tactics, offering a glimpse into the ...
The United States will extend the deployment of an unmanned logistics vessel inspired by "narco-boats" used by South American cartels to smuggle drugs indefinitely on a Japanese outlying island near ...
The Marine Corps sent a unit of MQ-9A Reaper drones to the Philippines to support reconnaissance operations in the South China Sea. The Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1, based out of Arizona ...
On the other side of the Pacific, Beijing is watching keenly as President Donald Trump uses the might of the U.S. military not to posture against China, but to posture against the American people. At ...