Webinar | Formula for Disaster: U.S. Military Dependence on CCP Supply Chains

One might be forgiven for believing that there would be no more certain defeat-mechanism for one nation’s military than for it to be dependent on an enemy for essential equipment, components, minerals or other critical materials. Yet, the U.S. armed forces are in precisely that perilous situation today, thanks to the reliance that has been allowed to develop for years on the supply chains sourced, either directly or indirectly, from the Chinese Communist Party.

How on earth did this dependency come about? How widespread is the CCP’s penetration of our our defenses? Could it degrade our warfighting capabilities – perhaps catastrophically – as a result? Who is responsible for addressing this ticking time bomb? And what is being done to defuse it.

Such urgent questions are being addressed by the next Committee on the Present Danger: China webinar.

Moderator:

- Frank Gaffney, President, Institute for the American Future; Vice Chairman, Committee on the Present Danger: China

Panelists:

- Colonel Grant Newsham, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.), Former Military Attaché in Embassy Tokyo; former Foreign Service Officer; longtime business executive in the Western Pacific; Author, “When China Attacks: A Warning to America”
• Topic: “The CCP’s Targeting of America’s Industrial Base: How We Became Dependent on Chinese Supply Chains

- David Cook, Executive Director, Special Operations Association of America; combat U.S. Army veteran
• Topic: “How Bad is This Problem? Case Studies of U.S. Military Dependence on the CCP”

- Ross Kennedy, Founder, Fortis Analysis; logistics industry veteran operating agribusiness, chemical, energy, humanitarian, food, defense, and water supply chains
• Topic: “America’s Vulnerable Food Supply Chains – A Threat to National Security”

- Rosemary Gibson, Co-author, “China Rx: Exposing the Risks of America’s Dependence on China for Medicine;” Senior Advisor at the Hastings Institute
• Topic: “A Truly Critical Dependence – America’s Reliance on the CCP for Medicine: A Paramount National Security Threat and What Can, and Is, Being Done About It?”

- Captain James Fanell, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Former Director of Intelligence and Information Operations, U.S. Pacific Fleet; Co-author, “Embracing Communist China: America’s Greatest Strategic Failure”
• Topic: “The Vulnerabilities of America’s Military to Chinese Supply Chain Disruptions: Would the CCP Exploit Them?”