“China is engaged in illegal, unregulated and undeclared fishing and is harassing vessels fishing in exclusive economic zones of other countries in the Indo-Pacific region, threatening our sovereignty, the sovereignty of our Pacific neighbors and regional stability,” the report said.
It is specified that to ensure the national interests of the United States in the western part of the Pacific Ocean will be deployed fast response boats.
Pentagon chief Mark Esper said the United States plans to increase the number of intermediate and shorter-range missiles to counter Russia and China, including in the Pacific region.