A new report has proven that the US slept while China grew. It’s not only a huge blow to US pride but could ultimately be a very dangerous mistake.
While the US has been sleeping Chinese president Xi Jinping has been gathering arms. Picture: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images.“ has marshalled the resources, technology, and political will over the past two decades to strengthen and modernise the PLA in nearly every respect,” the report finds, adding that “China is already ahead of the United States in certain areas”.
While launching more destroyers and frigates each year than the rest of the world combined, it still lags behind in the key areas of submarines and aircraft carriers. Its military will be able to project power over what Beijing calls its “second island chain” of influence – from Japan in the north, past the US Pacific island of Guam, through the Marianas Islands down to Papua New Guinea.
Military vehicles carrying DF-21D ballistic missiles roll to Tiananmen Square during a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Beijing in 2015. Picture: REUTERS/Damir Sagolj.Such missiles – which can carry either nuclear or conventional warheads – are central to Chinese and Russian tactics of area denial.
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