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Senators Embrace Pivot to Pacific Theater in FY ’21 NDAA Markup

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Senators Embrace Pivot to Pacific Theater in FY ’21 NDAA Markup
The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS-10) launches a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) during the biennial Pacific Griffin exercise as part of a sinking exercise on Oct. 1, 2019. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) included plans to stand up a new Pacific Deterrence Initiatives worth nearly $6 billion in its fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill, demonstrating the committee’s intent to boost deterrence against China in the Indo-Pacific (INDOPACOM) region. The committee’s markup of the FY ’21 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes $1.4 billion in fiscal year 2021 for the new fund and over $5 billion for FY ’22. The Pacific Deterrence Initiative will send “a strong…

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