Scott Swift
The commander of the Pacific fleet Admiral Scott swift said he was ready to launch a nuclear attack on China if such an order he will receive from the American President Donald trump. On Thursday, July 27, the Associated Press reports.
The Admiral stressed that every American soldier took an oath to obey the orders of the commander in chief (the President).
Scott spoke at a security conference at the Australian national University in Canberra after major joint exercises the United States and Australia. The maneuvers were watched by Chinese reconnaissance ship.
On 26 July the Director of the CIA Mike Pompeo said that the main task in ensuring the security of the United States is the elimination of threats from China. “I think that China has the opportunity to make the United States a serious competition in the medium and long term,” he said. According to him, China’s military building up forces to counter the American initiatives throughout the world.
Two days earlier, it was reported that a Chinese multi-role fighter-bomber, J-10 (“Jian-10”) caught SIGINT aircraft US Navy Lockheed EP-3 was in international airspace over the South China sea. China plane approached the EP-3 at a distance of about 90 metres and forced him to change the direction of flight.