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December 16, 2021 | International, Aerospace, Naval

Pacific Deterrence Initiative: A look at funding in the new defense bill, and what must happen now

Congress established the PDI last year for two basic reasons: to better understand what the Pentagon was spending in the Indo-Pacific region, and to change the composition of that spending.

https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/commentary/2021/12/15/pacific-deterrence-initiative-a-look-at-funding-in-the-new-defense-bill-and-what-must-happen-now/

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