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Buy American, INDOPACOM Commander Advises Allied Militaries

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, August 4th, 2021

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Buy American, INDOPACOM Commander Advises Allied Militaries

A Royal Australian Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft approaches HMAS Brisbane during an air warfare serial off the coast of Queensland for Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021 last month (Royal Australian Air Force Photo)

Adm. John Aquilino, the commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, said on Aug. 4 that the buying of U.S. military equipment by allies and partners in the region will improve U.S. interoperability with those nations to deter and counter China under the more than $27 billion planned Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI). "The best way to be interoperable is to operate with U.S. equipment, and that's aside from the fact that it's the finest on the planet," Davidson told the 2021 Aspen…

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