15 Facts About China That Will Blow Your Mind
While much of this is just interesting facts, the thing that blows my mind is ridiculous fear-mongering in fact #8:
"China has 150% more soldiers than America does, plus a high tech 'Kill Weapon' the U.S. can't deal with."
What this doesn't go into is whether these troops are active duty or simply some kind of reserves. Or how well trained or equipped they are. Or what kind of missions they are prepared for. I am sure we best them on all counts....
As for some kind of special weapon, it's almost laughable. The USSR spent decades spending a hell of a lot more making all kinds of antiship missles aimed at our aircraft carriers. Carrier battle groups are defended by the most sophisticated air defense radar and missiles systems in the world. Besides, if you compare the US military to China's, it's not even a contest: we spend almost 8 times as much as China (and btw true estimates put us now at more than the rest of the world combined). We have probably hundreds of times as many nuclear weapons. We have dozens of nuclear subs; they have none. We have like a dozen aircraft carriers; they have none. We have experienced troops while the only thing Chinese troops have done since Korea is beat up on poor Tibetan civilians, and fly too close to a US spy plane. We have hundreds of bases around the world and the ability to project real power globally. They do not.
To pump up some perceived threat from China would be really funny if it weren't to seriously dangerous. That's all we need is a new arms race.
We have to stop allowing unsubstantial fears dictate our foreign policy if this country is ever going to get back on its feet.
"China has 150% more soldiers than America does, plus a high tech 'Kill Weapon' the U.S. can't deal with."
What this doesn't go into is whether these troops are active duty or simply some kind of reserves. Or how well trained or equipped they are. Or what kind of missions they are prepared for. I am sure we best them on all counts....
As for some kind of special weapon, it's almost laughable. The USSR spent decades spending a hell of a lot more making all kinds of antiship missles aimed at our aircraft carriers. Carrier battle groups are defended by the most sophisticated air defense radar and missiles systems in the world. Besides, if you compare the US military to China's, it's not even a contest: we spend almost 8 times as much as China (and btw true estimates put us now at more than the rest of the world combined). We have probably hundreds of times as many nuclear weapons. We have dozens of nuclear subs; they have none. We have like a dozen aircraft carriers; they have none. We have experienced troops while the only thing Chinese troops have done since Korea is beat up on poor Tibetan civilians, and fly too close to a US spy plane. We have hundreds of bases around the world and the ability to project real power globally. They do not.
To pump up some perceived threat from China would be really funny if it weren't to seriously dangerous. That's all we need is a new arms race.
We have to stop allowing unsubstantial fears dictate our foreign policy if this country is ever going to get back on its feet.
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