There is truly no point for me to discuss further with you as you apply whatever suits you in regards to aggressive style of "discussion".
The fact is that CCP has declared that the armed forces must be truly "world-class" by 2049. "By" means "at the latest, which is from today 23 years from now.
Do you need a news link from me that confirms regarding what CCP and Xi said: It's a firm goal to have PLA as a world-class military by 2049. I don't care that you ignore these facts, but the highest level - which is - "world class", is the firm goal.
Given the situation in this world, all I am arguing for is to speed up this process sooner than "by 2049". This is a firm goal, declared by CCP and Xi. So I don't care if you feel that is allegedly "not correct".
No, I didn't "make up" any numbers. See, the way you discuss, is highly aggressive, almost to the point of being way too "emotional". You need to calm down.
The facts are that PRC has just above 600 nuclear warheads, (mid-2024) which is the double (100% more) compared to just a few years ago. By now, probably between 650 and 700.
A 4-digit number means having at least 1.000 nuclear warheads by 2030.
My apologies that you need a clarification regarding what a "4-digit" number means, but it starts from the number 1.000.
It is highly likely that PRC will expand the number of nuclear warheads from 1.000 in 2030, by adding additional 500 warheads by 2035, for a total number of 1.500 nuclear warheads in 2035.
As you can see, PRC has finally started to follow what I argued for a long time now, which is to increase it's nuclear arsenal into 4-digit numbers. Once again, I assume that you know by now that a 4-digit number starts from the number called 1.000.
Before you start arguing that I am "so bad for wanting PRC to spend so much on defense", the USSR had 40.000 nuclear warheads in 1986, which was exactly 40 years ago.
PRC has at this point much stronger economy than USSR had back then, and it is time to protect the economy both by expanding the number of nuclear warheads and also everything related to conventional weapons systems.
Nobody is asking PRC to have 40.000 nuclear warheads, but the arsenal should have a 4-digit number, and that number starts from the number 1.000, which is the number of warheads PRC will have by 2030, and to continue expanding towards 1.500 by 2035.
Regarding conventional weapons systems, you mind is thinking way too much on "defense". Mine is different, which is in line with "world class" military by 2049, and that means being able to bring troops further and further away from the coast of PRC, and bringing the battle to the enemy territory.
Because, if you want to "defend" PRC as Iraq, Libya, Syria and Iran and others are doing, by accepting Chinese cities being bombed into sh!t, then those individuals should retire as soon as possible.
Never let the enemy come close to the coast of PRC ever again. And a true "world class" military will always have capacity to wage war on the enemy territory. The further from coast of PRC, the better it is.
