Defense Bill Mandates Report on Possibility of War with China in 2030

Published on December 13, 2023

The United States’ annual defense spending bill will mandate several reports and actions aimed at improving the nation’s strategic posture in the event of a war with China. The $886 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) contains hundreds of references to communist China and its military, and lays out pathways to begin strengthening U.S. defenses in the event of a military conflict with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Congress is expected to approve the fiscal 2024 bill later this week, sending it to the White House for President Joe Biden to sign into law. The bill (pdf) would direct the Defense Department (DoD) to analyze nearly every facet of the competition with China—from vying for diplomatic influence abroad to defending American aircraft in the Pacific to barring the use of taxpayer dollars to hire Chinese tutoring services....

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