October 14, 2022

US National Security Strategy 2022: Key Parts

Gessler, on October 13, 2022, drew my attention to:

The Biden White House's, National Security Strategy 2022a 48 page PDF document, that naturally covers a lot. It is especially interesting regarding: 

TAIWAN page 24: "We have an abiding interest in maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, which is critical to regional and global security and prosperity and a matter of international concern and attention. We oppose any unilateral changes to the status quo from either side, and do not support Taiwan independence. We remain committed to our one China policy, which is guided by the Taiwan Relations Act, the Three Joint Communiques, and the Six Assurances. And we will uphold our commitments under the Taiwan Relations Act to [But the US] support Taiwan’s self-defense and to maintain our capacity to resist any resort to force or coercion against Taiwan." 

RUSSIA-UKRAINE page 26: "The United States will not allow Russia, or any power, to achieve its objectives through using, or threatening to use, nuclear weapons. America retains an interest in preserving strategic stability and developing a more expansive, transparent, and verifiable arms control infrastructure to succeed New START and in rebuilding European security arrangements which, due to Russia’s actions, have fallen in to disrepair."

[Within the document Control-F for many other references to Ukraine]

INDIA, QUAD, AUKUS page 37: "As we work with South Asian regional partners to address climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the PRC’s coercive behavior, we will promote prosperity and economic connectivity across the Indian Ocean region. The Quad and AUKUS will also be critical to addressing regional challenges, and we will further reinforce our collective strength by weaving our allies and partners closer together—including by encouraging tighter linkages between likeminded Indo-Pacific and European countries." 

AUSTRALIA JAPAN KOREA INDIA page 38: "...We reaffirm our iron-clad commitments to our Indo-Pacific treaty allies—Australia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand—and we will continue to modernize these alliances. We reaffirm our unwavering commitment to the defense of Japan under our mutual security treaty, which covers the Senkaku Islands [Pete Comment: A complication for Biden is that Taiwan also claims the Senkakus - calling them the "Tiaoyutai" islands] . As India is the world’s largest democracy and a Major Defense Partner, the United States and India will work together, bilaterally and multilaterally, to support our shared vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific..." 

There are many other interesting parts including "Deepen Our Alliance with Europe" from page 38 onwards.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Major Defects Found On South Korea’s Type 214 Submarine Fleet :https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/10/major-defects-found-on-south-koreas-type-214-submarine-fleet/

Could this have affected the Indonesian order?

Pete said...

Thanks Anonymous @Oct 15, 2022, 4:53:00 AM

This matter https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/10/major-defects-found-on-south-koreas-type-214-submarine-fleet/

appears to be only reported in PARIS based website "Naval News" https://www.navalnews.com/contact-us/

As Naval News sourced this information from "According to a report submitted by People Power Party National Assembly Member Shin Wonsik"

is there an actual hyperlink to the Korean, French, German or English language "report" in question?

Cheers Pete

Anonymous said...

Not yet.

On the other hand, the previous submarine inverter incident of january 2022 is well referenced:
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20210131001800325

And this lawmaker does seem to have a beef about defense readiness (even with the F-35)
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20221004007600325

Which is understandable given that he's in the korean assembly national defense commitee, and a former LTG of the Korean JCS:
https://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiAvZGBgeP6AhVHx4UKHc8yBmcQFnoECA4QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amchamkorea.org%2Fapi%2Fdownload%2Fdownload.php%3Ftype%3D99%26path%3Dspeaker_bio%26filename%3DShin%2BWon%2BSik%2BBio.pdf%26filename_real%3D202106100938011235_yXH3X.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0SY_dBbE0tRpnxwVmu70fG

Pete said...

Thanks Anonymous @Oct 16, 2022, 7:00:00 AM

From the most relevant Korean source you provided - a previous submarine inverter incident of January 31, 2021 not 2022 https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20210131001800325 :

South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reports January 31, 2021:

"Defective inverter module blamed for towing of 214-class submarine"

"SEOUL, Jan. 31 [2021] (Yonhap) -- A defective inverter module was found to have been the cause of an error message that led to a new 214-class submarine having to be towed in the East Sea earlier this month, Navy officials said Sunday.

The Navy decided to inspect all 214-class submarines to ensure that no such problems would happen again, after finding that a defect was reported in the same part of another submarine of the same type two years ago too, officials said.

The latest incident happened on Jan. 23 when the submarine was in waters off the southeastern port city of Pohang. An error message popped up in the vessel's propulsion system, and officials decided to get the sub towed by a civilian vessel.

The submarine has a total of 12 inverter modules and one of them was found to be defective. [so just one out of 12 inverters defective - with SK Navy playing it "error message" safe] It is a key part involved in the spinning of propellers.

"Of the 12 inverter modules, 11 were confirmed to be problem-free, and the submarine moved to the Jinhae naval base on its own for repair," a Navy official said.

The earlier problem happened in October 2019 in the country's second 214-class submarine.

At the time, the Navy sent the defective part to Germany's Siemens for repair, but the problem hasn't been resolved yet [but problem not resolved], leaving the submarine out of normal operation, officials said.

South Korea has deployed a total of nine 214-class submarines.

"We're carrying out inspections on all of them, but no problem has been found yet," a Navy official said."

Pete said...

Thanks again Anonymous @Oct 16, 2022, 7:00:00 AM

SHIN, WON SIK's career and connections make him a credible source, eg: https://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiAvZGBgeP6AhVHx4UKHc8yBmcQFnoECA4QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amchamkorea.org%2Fapi%2Fdownload%2Fdownload.php%3Ftype%3D99%26path%3Dspeaker_bio%26filename%3DShin%2BWon%2BSik%2BBio.pdf%26filename_real%3D202106100938011235_yXH3X.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0SY_dBbE0tRpnxwVmu70fG

● Member of the National Defense Committee, The
Republic of Korea National Assembly (21st Session)
● Member of the Special Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security, The
Republic of Korea National Assembly (21st Session)
- Vice Chairman of the ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff(2015, LTG)
- Assistant Chief of Staff J3, ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff (2013-2015, LTG)

And over time the Siemens inverter problem is getting worse. https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/10/major-defects-found-on-south-koreas-type-214-submarine-fleet/

Cheers Pete