Likewise, we must also prepare our forces for “accidental contact” that could helix into armed conflict. For example, as humanitarian issues grow within the pacific region and accidental encounters between China, Japan and the United States become more frequent, the potential for conflict increases. To date, as China attempts to “…acquire the wealth, technology, skills, machines and weapons that are part of being modern” along with the prowess of a world actor, conflicts between the regional and world powers are inevitable. (Huntington 1993, 113) Unlike, the conflicts in the Middle-East and African which are generally motivated by religious-minority, the US will need to deal with a much greater threat and ultimately face a possible