Given China's rapid development of an increasingly capable blue-water navy and their intent to be in broadened command of the Western Pacific operating area, how would a resource-constrained Navy and Marine Corps respond to calls for support from our allies in the region if contentious natural resource land or navigation issues arise?
Bordallo questions military readiness in response to China's naval expansion.
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