Cold War mentality motivates moving of US military needle

The US military announced on Monday that it is planning to reinforce deployments and bases directed at China and Russia as a result of the "global posture review" commissioned early this year by the Joe Biden administration.

Details of the review remain classified, supposedly so as to not give away secrets or reveal confidential plans. But essentially the US military is "moving the needle a bit" to the Indo-Pacific, Mara Karlin, a top Pentagon policy official said.

Force adjustments in the Asia-Pacific are reportedly in the works but require further consultation with foreign governments, presumably to reach agreements on where they are to be stationed.