“Since this is a competition of world powers, it has a global character.

We see how Russia and China operate in the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, the Arctic and Antarctica.

We must compete, we must compete aggressively.

We are all together.

And if deterrence does not work, then we must be prepared for the worst, "said the head of the Pentagon in the Atlantic Council, quoted by RIA Novosti.

As Esper noted, no one expected to have to deal with a resurgent Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

At the end of August, the head of the Pentagon announced that the United States intends to distribute its forces in the Indo-Pacific region in such a way as to confront China and Russia anywhere in the world.