It will soon be impossible to catch up with China militarily and industrially
President Xi Jinping is pumping billions into armament. Not only arms companies, but also civil companies as well as research and development institutions are involved.
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Demonstration of power by China: At the largest air show in China at the end of September in Zhuhai, the world power showed, among other things, its latest drone technology.
Photo: Noel Celis (AFP)
The Chief of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Mark Milley, is alarmed. This week he spoke of a “worrying test” that resembles a “Sputnik moment”.
What is meant is the trajectory of a Chinese supersonic atomic glider that circled half the globe in August and then hit a programmed target. The US intelligence services were completely surprised. The Chinese Foreign Ministry declined and spoke of a “routine test of a reusable space shuttle”.
At the beginning of October, the Chinese Air Force sent around 150 fighter jets and bombers through the Taiwanese air defense zone over four days, a clear show of force from Beijing. At the same time, the fifth-generation J-20A fighter jet with its own engines, combat drones such as the Wing-loong II and the latest generation of missiles, which illustrate China’s ambitions for military independence, were shown for the first time at China’s largest aviation show in Zhuhai.
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