The possibility of major theater conflicts in other parts of the world can no longer be ignored.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center for Security Policy | The Measure of a Superpower: A Two Major Regional Contingency Military for the 21st Century

The United States needed to consider the possibility of involvement in conflicts in two widely separated regions of the globe as well as sorties by major adversaries against the East and West Coasts.

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If anything, the possibility of two major conflicts that overlap in time is increasing.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Section IV: Building a Two-MRC Force for the 21st Century