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161: China's strategy for breaking down the US
Last week for the first time since maybe World War II or the Cold War - Americans got to see a craft in the sky from one of the two world superpowers we will likely be fighting with for global domination in the next 10 years - China.
While details were and are still very shady on what exactly transpired, the Pentagon reportedly says the China spy balloon shot down by US F22 fighter jets created a debris field almost 1,500 meters by 1,500 meters or about the size of 15 football fields.
A top general within the government said Monday that the U.S. is currently investigating whether it was carrying explosives, describing it as 200-feet tall, weighing thousands of pounds and with a payload the size of a jetliner.
'So, I can't confirm whether it had explosives or not. Anytime you down something like this, we make an assumption that that potential exists,' said Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, the commander of U.S. Northern Command, on a briefing call with various reporters.
'We did not associate the potential of having explosives with a threat to dropping weapons, those kinds of things, but out of a precaution, abundance of safety for not only our military people and the public, we have to make assumptions such as that.'
Well that’s news to us.
You’re saying IT COULD of had explosives onboard? Nice.
And you let it fly across the entire country before taking a last ditch limp dick approach to resolving the problem?
Disappointing.
But things got spicier over the last 72 hours as more details continue to come in about other Chinese Spy Balloons, more incursions into the US over the last several years, and petty political games that are leaving us exposed to our enemies overseas.
This morning we’re talking about China. Particularly
China - Spy Balloon Review, Taiwan, etc.
What is China’s goal?
US Military officials predicting war with China before 2027
Cyber attacks, IP theft, and subversion efforts
How to best prepare yourself for geopolitical uncertainty
The truth is this Balloon event(s), are simply a small piece in a large history of tension and mounting pressure between the US and China. As we have seen in Ukraine
Russia isn’t a match for Western powers unless they decide to opt for then nuclear option which would likely end up leading to the destruction of the country all-together.
Relations between China, Russia, and the United States will shape geopolitics, macroeconomics, and markets for the foreseeable future as each power fights for their position in the global so it’s important to understand the latest on each nation and some of the recent events that have been high profile for the world to see.
These recent events are quite telling about what the future may hold for us.
While all out warfare is a possibility we wanted to highlight some of the key risks we see as potential byproducts of a bilateral engagement, run in, or alternative form of warfare used by one of the three against the other.
Everyone deserves to know what could potentially happen and the risks associated for our society, country, and for people individually.
With more and more former and active US military generals and officials hinting that war with China or over Taiwan may be inevitable in the next several years we think now is a good time to review where we stand with the CCP.
This post is a succinct and straightforward summary of where we stand with China at the moment, what their capabilities are and what their strategy is, and why more and more US officials think war may become an inevitably despite the obvious intertwined and deep economic ties between the US and China that skeptics of war say act as a safeguard to conflict.
We’ve provided extra resources for those that are keen to understand more about our tension with China, including FBI documents, and political releases detailing Chinese military capability and CCP strategy to break down America from within. Also our top book recommendation for understanding US China relations.
If you’re unfamiliar with China Military doctrine, current threats, and capability, this is a great piece to become familiar with the basics in under 20 minutes. That way next time there’s a balloon or something worse, you’re not just another American yelling at the sky with no understanding of the implications of such an act.
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“As we see it, a single man-made stock-market crash, a single computer virus invasion, or a single rumor or scandal that results in a fluctuation in the enemy country’s exchange rates or exposes the leaders of an enemy country on the Internet, all can be included in the ranks of new-concept weapons.”
—Qiao Liang, Unrestricted Warfare: China's Master Plan to Destroy America
