In recent years, with the continuous development of China's economy, the strength of the Chinese military has grown rapidly, especially the entry and service of a large number of advanced weapons and equipment. The Chinese military has wiped out its previous "rustic spirit" and has become "eagle spirit in an eagle". All new weapons equipped have reached the world's top level. Some people say that the strength of China's military can now rank second in the world, and Russia's military strength has dropped significantly, and there is no way to rank ahead of China. Most of Russia's current inheritance of the Soviet era equipment, so it has always believed that Russia is the second military power besides the United States. With the frequent appearance of new weapons in my country, China and Russia's military strength can be described as "one rises and the other goes down, each with its own advantages."
China's weapons and equipment and the idea of developing equipment was influenced by Russian equipment for a long time
59 tank
After the founding of the People's Liberation Army, most of the weapons equipped by the Chinese People's Liberation Army were also Soviet-style equipment, especially in the later War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, the various weapons and equipment used by the Volunteer Army were all from the Soviet Union. After that, most of our army's equipment was purchased from the Soviet Union. In the process of continuous development, we gradually accumulated experience from Soviet weapons and developed our own military industry, and gave birth to a series of weapons to develop our own weapons by imitating Soviet weapons. The most representative ones are the Type 59 tanks, J-7 fighter and other well-known weapons. These weapons and equipment are very successful and are also the largest weapons in our army's equipment.
After entering the 1990s, most of China's advanced weapons came from Russia, including Su-27, Su-30, Su-35 fighter jets, Il-76 large transport aircraft, modern class destroyers, Kilo-class conventional submarines, S-300 and S400 air defense missiles , Doyle M1 field air defense system and other advanced weapons. After 2007, my country's domestic weapons began to grow rapidly, and China's purchase of Russian weapons also decreased a lot, and my country's equipment has been developed and equipped by itself. Some military experts also predict that in the next 10 years, China will not purchase any Russian weapons, and Russia may need to purchase China's high-tech parts in turn.
In the Russian-Ukraine War, some shortcomings of Russia were exposed
From this Russian-Ukraine War, we can find that the military literacy shown by the Russian army is still very amazing, but in other aspects of the war, Russia is completely incomparable with China, because the Russian army is not an information war this time. There is a famous saying on the Internet, "The Russian army successfully replicated the Syrian model in Ukrainian ." Although this sentence is a compliment to the Russian army, it still seems to have a strong irony when read carefully. Think about what Syrian War looks like, and have both sides invested in high-tech electronic information equipment on the battlefield?
Both sides participated in the war were exactly like the army during the World War II period, holding rifles and bazooka to shoot randomly. As for whether they hit the other side, it doesn't matter to me at all. However, in the current Ukrainian battlefield, the Russian army's fighting style is no different from that of Syria, and the way of fighting is relatively conservative. At the beginning of the war, the Russian army deployed various precision-guided munitions into Ukraine, destroying many high-value targets of the Ukrainian army, including radar stations, ammunition depots, , mercenary training grounds and command centers. Judging from this offensive method, the Russian military's military reforms seemed to be effective, and the combat effectiveness of the troops was greatly improved.
But if you look closely at the results of the Russian army, the targets they attacked were all located behind the Ukrainian army. There are very few examples of using high-precision weapons on the front line of the Russian-Ukrainian war. When facing targets such as the Ukrainian army's fortress and machine gun positions, the Russian army on the front still used the original methods to attack them, and the degree of damage to the Ukrainian army's targets was very limited.
Why do the grassroots troops of the Russian army show extremely high combat literacy in this war? The Russian army has a small amount of heavy equipment, and the front-line troops lack heavy firepower support, but the Russian army can still obtain a very good war loss ratio with such a force. The Russian front-line troops have far less losses than the Ukrainian army. If such a war is fought for the United States, it will become a task that cannot be completed at all. Even on the battlefield in Afghanistan, as long as the air force support and a complete intelligence system are lacking, the US military will not be able to form effective combat at all, and this situation is absolutely impossible for the Russian army.
However, modern warfare does not only rely on the role of people. All kinds of high-end and sophisticated equipment plays a very important role in the war. If we look at it from this perspective, the Russian army has no strength to compete with the People's Liberation Army at all. Many Western think tanks predict that once war breaks out in the Taiwan Strait, the People's Liberation Army will be able to release more than 7,000 precision guided weapon to the predetermined target within 72 hours of the outbreak of the battle. The Russian army has only released 2,000 precision guided weapons in three months. Therefore, from the perspective of the military's information construction, the Russian army has been far behind by the People's Liberation Army.
drone used by the People's Liberation Army
In addition to the development at the macro level, the informatization of the People's Liberation Army has been implemented in some grassroots troops. Some squad-level combat units of some troops are equipped with small drones that can detect enemy targets and firepower points. This is a combat method that even the United States cannot imagine, but has been realized by China, which shows that our military-civilian integration is doing very well. Although China's military strength is still ranked third in the world, this is mainly because Russia has a large amount of nuclear weapon bonus. Since China currently has more advanced technology than Russia, it is only a matter of time before the military strength ranking on paper is believed to be ranked second soon.
Chinese and Russian equipment each have their own advantages
In the current military equipment of land, navy and air, China and Russia have the characteristics of "one rises and the other falls, each with its own advantages". The military equipment of the People's Liberation Army has been greatly improved, reflecting many aspects. First of all, the PLA's informatization level has been greatly improved. At present, the army has fully realized mechanization and has surpassed Russia in some equipment, such as PCL-181 truck guns, PHL-16 long-range rocket launchers and other equipment, which has surpassed Russia's similar equipment.
The UAV equipped by the People's Liberation Army completely surpasses Russia in terms of its type and performance. Russia suffered a lot of losses due to lack of drone support in the Ukrainian battlefield. The PLA currently equipped large strategic reconnaissance drones, reconnaissance and attacking drones, and even infantry units can easily equip small drones to monitor the battlefield. Individual drones have been equipped to squad-level units, which are easy to carry and easy to maintain. These drones are telescopes that can fly among grassroots commanders.
Su-57 fighter jets are not equipped much
Secondly, the PLA's air force equipment has also been greatly improved. In the fifth-generation stealth fighter equipment exceeded Russia, and the number of advanced fighter equipment of more than four generations exceeded 1,700. The Russian Aerospace Army has a relatively slow equipment speed, and currently the proportion of advanced fighter jets is relatively small, and we have surpassed the overall number and quality of fighter jets. The Navy PLA currently has three aircraft carrier and three amphibious assault ships , and the number of destroyers and frigate equipment has also surpassed Russia.
However, Russia also has its own advantages, and the number of heavy transport aircraft is not as high as Russia, such as An-124 transport aircraft . We do not have this 400-ton level transport aircraft . Russia is also equipped with more than 100 -160, -95 and -22M3 strategic bomber . Although our army is also equipped with more than 200 H-6 series transport aircraft, it is far inferior to Russia's strategic bomber . The Ka-28 and Ka-52 heavy armed helicopters equipped by Russia are also very powerful.
Russian strategic nuclear submarine is the most powerful in the world. It can launch submarine-launched ballistic missile with a range of 16,000 kilometers. In terms of performance and the number of nuclear missiles , it far exceeds the 094 strategic missile nuclear submarine of the Chinese Navy in terms of performance and the number of nuclear missiles . Russia's strategic nuclear power is also an important force and an important trump card for Russia to have a voice in the outside world. Russia is also ahead of the equipment of the hypersonic missile . It has models of equipment in land, sea and air. Russia's long-range air defense system is also the latest. The S500 air defense system has been put into use.
So, at present, we cannot accurately say who is the world's second largest military power. After all, Russia's military system and equipment are still very strong. After rapid development, China has now surpassed Russia in many fields. Whether it is the advanced level of weapons and the scale of equipment, especially in advanced technology, it has gradually gotten rid of imports. In another 10-20 years, China's military equipment can basically surpass Russia in all aspects.
