Department of Defense:

For the first time, the United States is facing two major nuclear powers, whose vital national security interests are in competition with the U.S. Both China and Russia have the means to threaten U.S. national security, he said. “But war with either is neither inevitable nor imminent.”

Fighting a war with Russia and China simultaneously would be very difficult, he added. 

A high state of readiness and modernization will deter aggression, and the fiscal year 2024 budget request of $842 billion will ensure that the joint force remains the most lethal and capable military in the world, he said. 

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