00:00In the KHA report says U.S. troops in South Korea are increasingly preparing to intervene if China evades Taiwan.
00:08In November, the commander of U.S. Forces Korea, General Xavier Brinson, wrote an article saying his troops were in a bubble
00:14and that the U.S. would need to break through in a crisis.
00:18The article includes an east-side-up map of East Asia, listing distances from Korea-based forces to key cities like Tokyo, Beijing and Taipei.
00:26Since last summer, the U.S. has looked to increase deterrence from its bases in South Korea.
00:32It has permanently deployed Reaper drones there for the first time and signed a deal allowing Seoul to buy nuclear-powered submarines.
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