Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning is accompanied by other warships and warplanes as it participates in the country's largest naval parade, April 13, 2018. The display of might symbolized how far the once-ragtag guerrilla forced had come on its path to becoming a "world-class" military by 2049. Chinese People's Liberation Army
Newsweek: Pentagon Report Finds China Tops U.S. in Ships, Missiles and Air Defense
A new Pentagon report on Chinese military power has shown the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has surpassed the U.S. military in terms of navy size, land-based missiles and advanced air defense systems.
The Office of the Defense Secretary issued today its annual Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China (PRC) report, detailing how a country identified as the United States' top strategic competitor has advanced.
The document begins by reflecting on how the Pentagon's millennial report two decades ago largely dismissed the PLA's rise, yet it is now on track to become what President Xi Jinping described as a "world-class military" before the middle of this century.
The Pentagon takes this to mean "that Beijing will seek to develop a military by mid-century that is equal to—or in some cases superior to—the U.S. military, or that of any other great power that the PRC views as a threat."
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Update: China Has The World’s Largest Navy. And It’s Getting Better, Pentagon Warns (Forbes).
WNU Editor: A sobering read .... Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2020 (US Department of Defense).
