In response to China’s capability to project power many hundreds of miles from its borders, the US (as I have suggested for the last 25 years) should develop a long-range bomber capable of penetrating sophisticated defenses and delivering great force. As US security interests shift to the Pacific, Americans now rely on increasingly vulnerable forward land bases and carrier fleets with tactical aircraft that have a combat radius of 300-500 miles (482-805 kilometers).
要想防止中国在距边境数百英里外投射军力，美国应研发一种能穿透复杂防御系统的强火力远程轰炸机（就像我过去25年一直建议的那样）。由于安全利益日益向太平洋转移，美国现在只能依赖于越来越脆弱的陆上基地和作战半径300-500英里（482-805公里）的搭载战术飞机的航母舰队。但携带巡航导弹的远程轰炸机比短程战术轰炸机更具成本效益，因为袭击远程轰炸机基地是不可能的。