Secret military moves that changed how US sees its global enemies

In late-fall 2024‚ two shocking events shook-up the worlds military balance. North Korean soldiers appeared in Ukraine helping Putinʼs forces‚ while Danish navy caught a Chinese ship that probably cut sea-cables in Baltic waters

The events show how US rivals work as a team now: Beijing‚ Moscow‚ Tehran and Pyongyang support each-other in conflicts worldwide. Their partnership includes:

• Millions of NK artillery shells for Russia
• Iranian combat drones in Ukraine
• Chinese money backing Russian war costs
• Joint military tech sharing

Back in early-22‚ Xi and Putin made their no-limits deal just before Ukraine invasion started; now its grown into something bigger - a real military team-up

US defense thinking needs a big update (its been wrong for years). Since WW2‚ America planned to fight in two places at once but that changed: Obama made it one-and-half wars‚ Trump and Biden went down to just one

The caught Chinese ship and NK troops in Ukraine mean big trouble - these things werent supposed to happen. When one bad guy starts something the others dont stay quiet anymore; they jump in to help

Looking at past tries to split these countries apart: none worked. Every president tried something - talking nice to Iran dealing with NK being friends with Russia but nothing stuck. These countries help each-other cause its good for them: China gets stuff it needs Russia gets military gear Iran and NK get powerful friends

Americas old way of thinking wont work now: it cant just focus on one area and forget others. Some experts say US needs a three-region force - ready to fight in Asia Europe and Middle-East all at once

The fix isnt cheap or easy but compared to Cold war times US spends half as much on defense now. Plus it needs friends help - other countries must spend more on their armies too