MILLEY: One of the areas that concerns me a lot is space and cyber as we go forward. Now he says you're at another such turning point. KELLY: What's the general mean there when he says one of the largest shifts in global power?īOWMAN: Well, General Milley likes to talk about history, and he compares the time we're in now to the 1930s between World War I and II, when you saw these new technological developments in warfare - the airplane, mechanized vehicles like tanks and the radio, which of course, gave troops instant communications. KELLY: Let's bring in NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman.
MARK MILLEY: We're witnessing one of the largest shifts in global geostrategic power that the world has witnessed, and it only happens once in a while. He spoke about China at the Aspen Security Forum today. military officials, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley. It is also, says the Pentagon, creating futuristic armaments that will operate in space and in the cyber realm.
The country is building more ships and more planes and nuclear weapons. China continues to spend vast amounts of money on its military.
