beauty expert Peter Suqiu published an article in the US media saying that for most of the last century, China was known as the "sleeping dragon". Once it wakes up, it will shock the world. Now the dragon in China is waking up, and the world It is also trembling. China's military power is growing rapidly. If the United States does not pay attention, China will soon have a more powerful military power than the United States. Previously, a major general in the U.S. Department of Defense said that China is now purchasing weapons six times faster than the United States, and the efficiency of weapon use is also much higher than that of the U.S. military.
China also has a huge advantage, that is, its purchasing power far exceeds that of the United States. The most obvious thing about this is the purchase price of weapons and equipment. The price that the Chinese spend to purchase equivalent weapons is 5% of that of the United States. Therefore, the United States must purchase more than China's 20 times to achieve balance with China. Therefore, at this stage, if the United States cannot reduce the cost of weapons procurement and speed up arms purchases, it will have no chance of competing with the Chinese military.
At this stage, the development of China's military power has exceeded everyone's expectations. In recent years, the Air Force has installed hundreds of advanced fourth-generation aircraft and fifth-generation aircraft , in addition to a large number of transport aircraft and early warning aircraft and other large aircraft, and China's advanced stealth bombers are under development, which has turned the Chinese Air Force into the largest air force in the Asia-Pacific and the second largest in the world. The navy is unparalleled. Now the overall size of the Chinese navy has surpassed the United States and become the world's largest. China attaches great importance to the development of its military power.
Therefore, the threat of China's military expansion is imminent, and some people in the United States are not yet aware of China's threat. Some people even oppose it and demand that the United States reduce its military equipment. If it is not taken seriously, China will soon have a more powerful military than the United States. , and the United States cannot be left behind. You must know that it was after the Pearl Harbor incident that Japan realized that it had awakened the sleeping giant of the United States. But now the situation has changed. If we do not pay attention to the development of the US military's military power, the next surprise attack may bring us down.
In fact, this article by a US expert completely amplifies the China threat theory. In terms of size, apart from the army, the US Navy and the Air Force are still very powerful. The U.S. Navy has 20 quasi-aircraft carriers, 99 shield ships and 69 nuclear submarines, with a total tonnage of more than 3 million tons. The U.S. Navy is characterized by having the largest number of aircraft carriers, amphibious assault ships, nuclear submarines, and destroyers in the world. In addition, it also has a powerful naval aviation force that is comparable to the Chinese Air Force. At the same time, the performance indicators of these ships are also among the best in the world. The Chinese Navy only began to strengthen its naval construction in the 2010s and began to build large warships. Up to now, it only has 3 aircraft carriers, 3 amphibious assault ships, more than 40 destroyers, and even fewer nuclear submarines than the U.S. Navy. Well, it can be said that there is a very big gap in comprehensive strength between the Chinese Navy and the US Navy. Moreover, the U.S. Navy will exist as the most powerful navy in the world for a long time. Because China and the United States have different naval needs and national conditions, the Chinese Navy will never surpass the U.S. Navy in comprehensive strength because the purpose of our navy's development is to protect our country. To defend the country instead of pursuing world hegemony like the United States, just enough ships are needed.
Let’s talk about the Air Force. The Chinese Air Force has replaced a large number of advanced fighters in recent years, including many top fighters such as the J-20. However, its overall strength is still much worse than that of the U.S. Air Force. Our army still has a large number of old fighters such as the J-7G. The Chinese Air Force now lags behind the United States in both quantity and quality. Looking back at the U.S. Air Force, the total number of stealth fighters alone is nearly 500, which is basically 4-5 times that of the Chinese Air Force's J-20. Not to mention that the U.S. military also has absolute advantages in the strategic bomber and stealth strategic bombers, transport aircraft and other other aircraft. airplane. Therefore, there is still a big gap between the Chinese Air Force and the US Air Force.Finally, there is the view repeatedly mentioned by American experts that China's purchasing power is superior to that of the United States. In fact, this is the result of the United States itself. A series of impacts such as shifting from real to virtual, industrial transfer, and capital flow to finance have caused severe damage to the domestic manufacturing industry in the United States. At the same time, the scale of China's domestic manufacturing output has already surpassed that of the United States. China has a complete industrial chain and low-cost raw materials and labor advantages. In addition, China's production and research and development of weapons are all state-owned enterprises. This is similar to the sale of arms by private companies in the United States. There is a big difference in making a profit, so it is understandable that China’s purchasing power far exceeds that of the United States.
But this does not mean that China will soon have a more powerful military than the United States. The purpose of China’s development of national defense is not to become a world hegemon, but to consolidate its own national defense and defend its national sovereignty. Therefore, fundamentally speaking, it is impossible for China to The United States is engaged in an arms race similar to the one the United States and the Soviet Union did in the last century. Therefore, the view emphasized by American experts that China will soon have a more powerful military force than the United States is completely exaggerated. It is clearly based on advocating the China threat theory to get Congress to allocate money and appropriations.
