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Wormuth announced during the panel that the Army\u2019s first battery of long-range hypersonic weapons will be a part of the service\u2019s first multi-domain task force in the fall, following current training at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite efforts by Washington and its allies to dissuade China against invading the self-governing island, Flynn said the People\u2019s Liberation Army\u2019s preparations do not reflect a country building up its defenses, rather a country preparing for a military conflict outside of its borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey are rehearsing, they are practicing, they are experimenting, and they are preparing those forces for something,\u201d he said. \u201cBut you don\u2019t build up that kind of arsenal just to defend and protect. You probably are building up for other purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In January, Gen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2023\/02\/01\/this-air-force-general-is-rallying-his-troops-for-war-with-china\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Minihan<\/a>, who leads Air Mobility Command, urged his troops to prepare for war in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2023\/02\/01\/this-air-force-general-is-rallying-his-troops-for-war-with-china\/\" target=\"_blank\">memo<\/a> leaked on social media. He predicted Chinese President Xi Jinping, now in his third term, would take advantage of possibly fraught elections in Taiwan and the United States in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wormuth, although not directly mentioning the memo, said she did not agree with Minihan\u2019s perspective on China\u2019s timeline. 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