China and not Russia is the United States' main foe as can be seen from the U.S. packing Asia with more military hardware and bases as part of its unrelenting rebalancing of military forces begun by former U.S. president Barack Obama, said an analysis by the People's Liberation Army (PLA).

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The analysis by the Sino-US Defense Relations Research Center under the PLA Academy of Military Science also commented the U.S. is also "rebalancing" its military deployments from northeast Asia (Japan and South Korea) to Southeast Asia.

The U.S. has so far deployed four offshore combat ships to Singapore; obtained the rights to operate four air force bases and an army base in the Philippines, and deployed 2,500 U.S. Marines to Australia. These moves have formed "a comprehensive containment posture" ... "from north to south along China's coastline," said the report.

The American rebalancing, also called the Pivot to East Asia, has also redeployed U.S. troops "from the first island chain to the second island chain with Guam as the center, which also harbors the considerations of China."

The report argues the rebalancing is continuing under Donald Trump, and shows signs of being accelerated.

The PLA noted that since the implementation of the Pivot, the U.S. has been increasing the number of troops stationed in Asia and the Pacific, "making the Asia-Pacific region an area with the most stationed troops and the most overseas military bases of the U.S."

It said the ultimate U.S. goal is to achieve the "three 60%."

This goal includes deploying 60% of all U.S. Navy forces to the Asia-Pacific; deploying 60% of the U.S. Air Force's fighting power to the Asia-Pacific region and deploying 60% of the U.S. Marines' fighting strength to the Western Pacific.

The U.S. "Third Offset Strategy and Defense Innovation Initiative" announced in 2014 aims to develop disruptive military technologies that will trigger a new round of military technological revolution and consolidate the military advantages the U.S. now enjoys.

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