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Deterring China: US Army to Stockpile Equipment in Cambodia and Vietnam | The Diplomat

The U.S. Army plans to set up equipment depots–so-called equipment activity sets–in a number of Asian countries, including Cambodia and Vietnam, the top officer of the U.S. Army’s Materiel Command said at a conference, Defense News reports. General Dennis Via, speaking at this year’s Association of the United States Global Force Symposium and Exposition, said that the…

The U.S. Army plans to set up equipment depots–so-called equipment activity sets–in a number of Asian countries, including Cambodia and Vietnam, the top officer of the U.S. Army’s Materiel Command said at a conference, Defense News reports.

General Dennis Via, speaking at this year’s Association of the United States Global Force Symposium and Exposition, said that the Army plans to set up eight equipment activity sets around the globe.  However, Asia-Pacific equipment activity sets will differ from other equipment caches that the Army maintains in, for example, Europe, the general notes.

via thediplomat.com

Crazy times when the US is stockpiling equipment in Vietnam and Cambodia again.

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  1. timactual

    It’s nice to see we can afford to buy extra equipment and ship it to and store it in foreign countries. Whatever happened to that budget crunch I have heard so much about?
    “…primarily for humanitarian and disaster relief…”
    “primarily”?? Pardon my cynicism.

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  2. Hmm

    If China wants to invade Vietnam and Cambodia, should we really try to stop them? There are many countries who know what a bad idea that is — including China herself.

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  3. LT Rusty

    Hmm – historically, it’s been a bad idea to invade VN and Cambodia because they were being sponsored by … well, China and Russia. It’s unlikely that Ivan could spare much right now after the deployments in Ukraine and Syria, and it’s even less likely that the Chinese would offer much in the way of help.
    They’d need a sponsor of some sort. And, hey, why not?

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  4. Xbradtc

    China and Vietnam had a rather nasty little dust up in 1979, with no outside intervention. The Chinese came off rather worse for wear. One suspects their army is significantly improved since then.

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