The alarm in Washington; China’s military superiority is being realized

According to RCO News Agency, the US media reported that the growth of the Chinese Army’s Liberation Army has raised concerns among Western countries, referring to the growing abilities of the Chinese army.

According to the Telegraph, when one of the Chinese fighters of the Pakistani army fired a missile over the Kashmir Mountains and overthrew an Indian French Rafal fighter, the bell rang in the West; Because it was the first time the West has witnessed the operation of the JC-1 Chinese fighter and PL-2 missiles on the battlefield.

Since then, Western officials have carefully examined the details of the conflict to find out what it means about China’s military capabilities, and whether China, led by Chinese President Xi Jinping, has finally reached the level of Western powers.

According to US media reports, China’s People’s Liberation Army has become one of the largest and most powerful armies in the world for the past five years, one of the world’s largest and most powerful armies.

“China is now in its strongest historical state,” says Doug Wicard, commander of the US Air Force Experimental Base. “They have built a huge force that is specifically designed to deal with our strengths.”

Today, the Chinese military has one million more than the United States and has more than a thousand tanks. Its Navy is the world’s largest naval, with about four warships, and its air force has about five fighters.

Beijing has also extended their information abilities; As far as CIA deputy head Michael Ellis recently announced that China is now a “existential threat” for US security, a threat that the United States has never faced before.

However, although China has become much stronger than the past, a closer look at the Chinese military’s actual abilities shows that it is still behind the skill and experience, and in some areas one step lagging behind its experienced competitors.

“Statistics don’t say everything,” says General Wickert. “The Chinese military has advanced in both quantity and technology, but we still have technological advantage in some areas.”

There are numerous military exhibitions and events in China each year, where the arsenal of one of the most mysterious armies in the world is displayed. Last November last year, China exhibited the J-1 radar radar fighter at the Zhi Air Show; A fighter that is the direct rival of the US F-1 and capable of carrying the PL-1 missiles; The same missile that Pakistan used to overthrow the Indian fighter.

The HQ-1 anti-missile system, as well as the new SS-WAV unmanned ship, Jio Tan, who is capable of abandoning the suicide bomber and is due to launch its first mission next month, were all unveiled at the exhibition.

At the “World Radar Exhibition” last week, China unveiled the new JY-1V radar; Radar, which government media say, can identify US fifth-generation radar fighters such as the F-1.

Reports indicate that the Chinese Navy is developing a new aircraft similar to US USS Grald Ford; Navi, which will be larger than all current China Navy vessels.

The Chinese army is also said to be building a new fourth -generation tank that will be able to shoot several different ammunition. However, what is most concerned about Washington is Beijing’s rapid progress in nuclear weapons.

Only between the ages of 1 and 2, China added three new warheads to its arsenal, reaching it from 1 to 2. This number is expected to reach more than 1 year.

According to experts, at least five of these warheads will be installed on continental ballistic missiles that can reach the United States from Chinese soil, including a DF-2 missile with a range of between 2 and 6,000 kilometers.

Although the United States still has numerical superiority with nine nuclear warheads, Washington is increasingly concerned about the growth of China’s nuclear arsenal. In his April speech to the Senate, US senator Roger Wicker warned that the expansion of China’s nuclear weapons is now “at a speed beyond our power”.

Timothy Heath, senior defense researcher and Chinese affairs expert at Rand Institute, says China’s nuclear progress is probably part of Beijing’s “deterrence policy”. “This indicates that they do not want to enter a conventional battle with the United States,” he says. “Having a nuclear arsenal is a way to warn America so as not to start the conflict.”

Beyond nuclear capabilities, in some areas, China’s military advances have reached the level of competition with the United States. According to Heath, ultrasound missiles are one of the areas in which the Chinese army is “technologically overtaken by the United States.” He also pointed out that Beijing has become one of the leading actors in the world military drone market, though experts like General Wickert oppose this view, saying that there is still no area where “China is ahead of America.”

The progress of the Chinese army is particularly worrying about the possibility of clashing over Taiwan. Beijing considers Taiwan as part of his territory; This rejects the Taipei government. China has repeatedly threatened the self -contained island with a military attack. The United States, as the main supplier of Taiwan’s weapons, had announced during the presidency of Joe Biden that it would defend Taiwan in the event of an attack, but current US President Donald Trump has not taken a clear stance so far.

Timothy Heath says China’s geographical proximity to Taiwan provides a strategic advantage for a Beijing because it has quick access to “all onshore systems”; While America must “move its power across the ocean.”

Senator Wicker announced in his Senate in April that China has now been able to challenge US air superiority in the first chain of the Pacific Islands; An area that includes parts of Japan, Taiwan, Philippines and Borneo. This means that Chinese -to -air missile systems are now capable of overthrowing US planes in the event of a war.

Washington has also warned of China’s cyber warfare capabilities. In a recent speech at a university in California, General Wickert said China has succeeded in infiltrating the US power grid and installing malware on data monitoring and gathering systems; Systems that control vital infrastructure such as electricity, water and gas.

“China has achieved these systems and has made mapping, and this is clearly worrying,” Wickert told the Telegraph. “This is considered a hostile act as a warning of war.”

The Chinese army has not always been such a fierce competitor for the US. In the 1980s, while Western countries were investing billions of dollars in their armies, the Chinese military did not even have the funding to meet its needs.

“The Chinese military’s budget was very low and it had to fund its budget through economic activities,” said Dodopsppson, a senior member of the Rajaratnam International School of International Studies in Singapore and a former Chinese department at the US Department of Defense. “The army was engaged in agriculture, services, logistics and even in rural areas.”

Although the Chinese military has been far from those days, it still faces important challenges that experts say have prevented it from reaching equality with the United States.

First, the US military has extensive field experiences and has participated in various wars from Iraq to Afghanistan, while the Chinese army has not been involved in any war for decades.

The Chinese military also has difficulty in integrating forces. While the US military is a complete “common” force and all branches from the Air Force to the Navy are coordinating, the Chinese military is still scattered and lacking in operation.

Katech Lia, deputy director of the Chinese Center for World Studies at the Atlantic Council, says the Chinese military’s operational readiness to participate in a real war is lower than that of the United States. “In the US Army, if they want to bomb a goal, only one fighter is dedicated; Because the aircraft’s probability is low. But China should also consider a backup aircraft. “The United States performed this model in the 1980s, and China is still in the same phase.”

According to available data, the US Air Force’s operational readiness last year was about 2 percent, which is “relatively weak”, according to Lia. However, China’s readiness, which is not officially released, is probably even lower.

According to the telegraph, China’s defense restrictions are partly due to the intrinsic structure of the People’s Liberation Army, because unlike the US or British armies, which are an independent institution of political parties, the Chinese army is essentially established to serve the Chinese Communist Party and its main purpose is to maintain the power of the party.

Dodopspson, a senior member of the Rajaratnam International School of International Studies, describes the situation as: “It is as if Republicans in the US have their own army and the Democrats have their own army.”

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