China's military is designed to defeat America
By Harry Kazianis December 06, 2022 06:00 AM
China has spent hundreds of billions of dollars on its military in pursuit of two objectives: ensuring the United States loses its position as the dominant power in Asia to Communist China and ensuring the U.S. becomes a second-tier military power compared to Beijing. At present, China is on a clear path to achieving its goal by the end of this decade — if not sooner.
China's first interest has been in showcasing so much firepower that no nation would want to start a conflict with the mighty Chinese Communist Party. Call it 21st-century deterrence. Beijing has built top-tier platforms like aircraft carriers, stealth fighters, missile defense platforms, world-class cyberwarfare capabilities, AI-based networks, and much more to ensure that a war against it would be one the U.S. could lose. China showcases these weapons and capabilities at almost every possible opportunity to shape the narrative that it is now an unbeatable military superpower. And while Beijing has not fought a major war since the late 1970s, China understands that perception is reality. It hopes to deter Washington from acting if President Xi Jinping moves on Taiwan or the South China Sea in the coming years.
Then there are China's more practical weapons systems, those that would be used at scale to defeat Washington if war does come to the Pacific.
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