The House version of a major defense authorization bill now working its way through Congress would order Pentagon planners to study the feasibility of imposing a U.S. naval blockade of China to prevent oil shipments from reaching the country in the event of a future conflict.
is expected to include Chinese cyberattacks on U.S. critical infrastructure designed to shut down U.S. electrical grids.
Sean Mirski, a foreign policy analyst, wrote in a 2013 article in the Journal of Strategic Studies that U.S. naval forces, mainly submarines and warships backed by air power, could impose an effective blockade on
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