The South China Sea has long stood as a battleground for the U.S.–China power competition. Now, concerns about Beijing’s growing naval force are coming into focus as the two nations relaunch military communications while China jockeys for control. Are we getting closer to a kinetic war?
For more, NTD spoke to Brent Sadler, a senior research fellow for Naval Warfare and Advanced Technology in the Center for National Defense at the Heritage Foundation.