France 24: Hit by virus, Pentagon warns enemies: don't test us
With an aircraft carrier forced into port and nuclear missile crews hit by COVID-19, the US military wants rivals to understand: don't test us, we have not been weakened.
Statement after statement from the Pentagon has sought to deliver that message amid questions this week over whether the US fighting force can maintain full readiness, with cases among service members nearing 2,000.
"We're still capable and we're still ready no matter what the threat," Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley said Thursday.
"I wouldn't want any mixed messages going out there to any adversaries that they can take advantage of an opportunity, if you will, at a time of crisis," he added.
"That would be a terrible and tragic mistake if they thought that."
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Update #1: Pentagon: US military ready to fight in the time of the coronavirus (Washington Examiner)
Update #2: America’s Top Military Officer Issues Warning For Nations Thinking Of Exploiting Pandemic (Daily Wire)
WNU Editor: The U.S. is being tested all the time .... US F-22 Stealth Fighter Jets Intercept Russian Patrol Aircraft Near Alaska (April 10, 2020), and here .... China's Navy Conducts Navy Exercises In The Pacific (April 10, 2020).
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