Domineering China Sprinting Ahead Militarily
February 25, 2025
Red China has explicitly been pursuing world domination since the 1950s. Hence, it is extremely concerning that a congressional commission report last year concluded, “in many ways, China is outpacing the United States and has largely negated the U.S. military advantage in the Western Pacific....” China’s military spending is growing at a rapid rate while, at the same time, America’s military posture suffers from several key weaknesses, according to the report:
Others have identified glaring weaknesses in America’s military forces, as well:
Meanwhile, China is sprinting ahead. Here is some of what China’s increased military spending is buying:
The worries don’t end there. The sale of Nvidia AI chips to China is banned, but thousands are making their way through foreign resellers not subject to export controls to Chinese learning centers and AI start-ups. The U.S. Defense Department is funding research in China on viruses with the potential to start pandemics. Worse yet, the Pentagon doesn’t even know how much money it has given China to enhance viruses, begging the obvious question why the U.S. military would be funding Chinese bioweapons in the first place. Why are we literally shooting ourselves in the foot? Do we really hate ourselves that much?
We have let our military capabilities slip. China is sprinting ahead, at times aided by our naïveté and cash. Given all these infirmities and China’s hostile posture toward the U.S., one can only hope we will stop being stupid and the Trump administration will address the widening gaps in our national security.
February 25, 2025
Red China has explicitly been pursuing world domination since the 1950s. Hence, it is extremely concerning that a congressional commission report last year concluded, “in many ways, China is outpacing the United States and has largely negated the U.S. military advantage in the Western Pacific....” China’s military spending is growing at a rapid rate while, at the same time, America’s military posture suffers from several key weaknesses, according to the report:
- the U.S. defense industrial base ... is unable to meet the equipment, technology, and munitions needs of the United States
- (the U.S. is unprepared for) simultaneous conflicts in multiple theaters
- Recent recruitment shortfalls have decreased the size of the Army, Air Force, and Navy
- other weaknesses include a lack of infrastructure for shipbuilding, an inability to surge munitions production, and a lack of access to strategic minerals (the latter resulting from radical left-wing environmental policies needlessly locking up strategic minerals in the American West)
Others have identified glaring weaknesses in America’s military forces, as well:
- our aging nuclear deterrent has deteriorated, tempting our adversaries to disregard our nuclear weapons in their war calculations
- “defense contractors are heavily dependent on China for parts for weapons systems, including motors, chips, and rare-earth minerals, which poses potential avenues for Beijing to exploit or hamper American technologies”
- the U.S. is completely unprepared for domestic counter-drone defense, as shown by the three drone incursions against U.S. military facilities late last year
- China is now leading the world in AI research
- our military suffers from bloated, indecisive command staff
- the F-35 is our most expensive weapons system but, due to maintenance challenges and software problems, less than a third are fully operational
Meanwhile, China is sprinting ahead. Here is some of what China’s increased military spending is buying:
- a new stealth fighter jet, the J-35A, and 70 more of its earlier J-20 stealth fighters
- naval drones, doubling as autonomous warships and AI-enabled data analysis centers. The U.S. doesn’t have anything like them.
- additional artificial intelligence capabilities including target recognition, weapons guidance systems, cyber-attack and cyber-defense
- the world’s largest cyberwarfare program, including malware already inserted in critical U.S. infrastructure systems including water treatment, transportation networks, energy grids, gas pipelines, and telecommunications
- the rapid development of space weapons, including anti-satellite weapons
- the purchase of farmland near 19 U.S. military bases for possible surveillance and intelligence-gathering about our troop movements
The worries don’t end there. The sale of Nvidia AI chips to China is banned, but thousands are making their way through foreign resellers not subject to export controls to Chinese learning centers and AI start-ups. The U.S. Defense Department is funding research in China on viruses with the potential to start pandemics. Worse yet, the Pentagon doesn’t even know how much money it has given China to enhance viruses, begging the obvious question why the U.S. military would be funding Chinese bioweapons in the first place. Why are we literally shooting ourselves in the foot? Do we really hate ourselves that much?
We have let our military capabilities slip. China is sprinting ahead, at times aided by our naïveté and cash. Given all these infirmities and China’s hostile posture toward the U.S., one can only hope we will stop being stupid and the Trump administration will address the widening gaps in our national security.