Since the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force operationalised the J-20 fifth generation fighter in February 2017, which made China only the second country in the
China’s defense industry has really put the lie to the American MIC grift. They’re still catching up in some respects but the fact that they’ve achieved more or less parity while having more people and more equipment at a cheaper price point should make the people in Washington who really care about this stuff panic. Like panic enough to nationalize Raytheon, General Dynamics, Lockheed-Martin et al and reorganize them along the clearly superior state-owned paradigm.
Like panic enough to nationalize Raytheon, General Dynamics, Lockheed-Martin et al and reorganize them along the clearly superior state-owned paradigm.
God I hope not, the people in charge seem convinced that their system is superior
Yup. Even my liberal friends keep telling me that the “Chinese military will crumble like tofu” . This is the level of cope being fielded after the west lost embarrassingly to Russia, Yemen and gaza.
China’s defense industry has really put the lie to the American MIC grift. They’re still catching up in some respects but the fact that they’ve achieved more or less parity while having more people and more equipment at a cheaper price point should make the people in Washington who really care about this stuff panic. Like panic enough to nationalize Raytheon, General Dynamics, Lockheed-Martin et al and reorganize them along the clearly superior state-owned paradigm.
God I hope not, the people in charge seem convinced that their system is superior
I should clarify that I also don’t think they will. America will continue to believe that it’s unbeatable until it loses a peer conflict.
Yup. Even my liberal friends keep telling me that the “Chinese military will crumble like tofu” . This is the level of cope being fielded after the west lost embarrassingly to Russia, Yemen and gaza.
it’ll continue to believe that afterwards too, they’ll just make up some kind of justification. “they didnt let us win”, or “they cheated”.
Fascists love their “stabbed in the back” theories.