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Biscuits

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Over 100 J-20s will be produced this year and you guys are still bitching about military spending. LMAO.
How many F-35s will be produced this year?

The aggressor is arming for war. Of course, slight technological inferiority and the tyranny of distance plays against him, but then again, a F-35 is still better than a J-10, and 3 burkes is better than a single 055.

Unless China is going to play the tactical nuke card or spam geopolitical plays, it's not a safe position to be in when the aggressor has such a large military.
 

siegecrossbow

General
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How many F-35s will be produced this year?

The aggressor is arming for war. Of course, slight technological inferiority and the tyranny of distance plays against him, but then again, a F-35 is still better than a J-10, and 3 burkes is better than a single 055.

Unless China is going to play the tactical nuke card or spam geopolitical plays, it's not a safe position to be in when the aggressor has such a large military.

Not all the F-35s are going to USAF/USN, and even if USAF inducts 500 a year they can’t station all of them in the West Pacific.
 

TK3600

Captain
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I understand your sentiment perfectly well because I have the same impulse and desire to see China committed to a massive military build-up, but this kind of ego-boosting and chest-thumping actually plays into America's hand in the China-threat narrative. At the moment China is focused on its RECP, BRI, and Shanghai Cooperation Organization partners, and rightly so.
The economy always occupies the top spot at the heart of the Beijing Government. Seeing how the US is heading into recession and the unavoidable Treasury Bond/Debt default in June/July, how the US is going to fund its defense budget is a big unknown.
yeah, I believe China's defense budget is good enough in terms of area access denial to US naval forces at the western Pacific theatre. Anyway, China is not going to invade the US mainland at the end of the day.
However, there may be black swan events where the economic plan of China gets derailed, such as Taiwan formally declaring independence, the PH coastguard vessel opening fire on Chinese fishing vessels or occupying some SCS islands claimed by China, or US planes/ships clashing with China's at SCS or Taiwan Strait. Under these possible scenarios China would have no choice but to react with brute force.
in conclusion, China is caught in an uncomfortable position, defense budget too high-->neighbours scared, too low-->US perceives you being weak and attacks. 7.2% increase looks like a good balance to me.
My idea of high spending is to maximize punishment should US try something funny. When the reunification happens US will at least pull a Nordstream if not outright join the fight. China should take it a step further and have capability to permanently remove all nearby base up to Guam and neutralize all to Australia. I consider that an investment with return rather than deterent.

Bonus point: strong military offers diplomatic leverages to neutral countries like gulf states. People will feel safer to trade with China given American harassment it comes with.
 

Bellum_Romanum

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2023 in Austria, the first time for China to attend this international mountain infantry competition. A great opportunity to enhance military exchanges and mutual trust between China and Austria and other participating countries.
China placed 3rd, winning the Bronze medal on this competition. Besting the much hyped US when they were too busy patting themselves at the back for being the first team to finish the competition being their first time competing.

I posted an article about it on PLA news thread
 
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