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as posted by the channelWith the leaders of Russia, Iran and North Korea watching, Beijing conducted a massive parade on Wednesday, demonstrating the results of a years-long effort by the Chinese Communist Party to build a military that it hopes can defeat the United States in the Pacific. NY Post Contributor Bradley Bowman shares this story.
Beijing’s growing prowess has eroded American security and increased the likelihood of war in the Taiwan Strait, but it is not too late for Americans to respond.
The top US military officer in the Pacific testified more than two years ago that the People’s Liberation Army “continues the largest, fastest, most comprehensive military buildup since World War II in both the conventional and strategic nuclear domains.”
Unfortunately, the PLA’s capabilities have only improved since then, as the parade and recent assessments by the Pentagon and US intelligence community demonstrate.
Many of the weapons on display in the parade are tailor-made for targeting US military forces and possibly deterring a decision by Washington to help Taiwan in a crisis.
That includes several hypersonic YJ-series anti-ship missiles, whose speed and maneuverability may pose serious threats to US naval vessels by making interception more challenging.
The PLA also displayed several intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of targeting the US homeland. This included the DF-61’s apparent public debut at the parade, which underscored China’s progress in expanding its nuclear arsenal.
To make matters worse, “China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are pursuing unprecedented levels of cooperation,” as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine testified in June. That includes broad and deep cooperation among these authoritarian adversaries in the cyber, economic, information warfare, and military domains that is making each adversary more capable in their ongoing or prospective spheres of aggression.
So how should America respond?
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