No mention of armored brigades in Army secretary's speech on future China fight

By Ethan Sterenfeld / December 1, 2021 at 2:24 PM
Infantry and Stryker brigades will play a valuable role in a potential future fight against China, the Army secretary said in a policy speech Dec. 1 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. But there was no mention of the Army's armored brigades, which use the service's heaviest and most expensive ground vehicles. The fifth of the Army's "five core tasks" in a potential future conflict with China in the Indo-Pacific will be to use the service's maneuver forces...

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