Had a long talk with a very intelligent, young, Navy SIGINT guy last New Years. He’s been out there, intercepting and working on signal intelligence. Basically said, “China is the enemy, and they’re far more able and serious than you think. Can’t say much more, take it or leave it.”
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 5 months ago
China is still mostly poor and rural. For all of their economic expansion things are still basic there for most people.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 5 months ago
If 75% of China’s population is poor and rural, that other 25% is still higher than USA’s population, which also includes poor and rural people.
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 5 months ago
That’s debatable, but that doesn’t have much bearing on China’s military capabilities. Their urban canters are very much developed. You could also say that much of the US is rural and poor, while our military has been involving themselves all over the world for a long time.
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Well a powerful economic base is the foundation of a superpower. The US leans on General Dynamics, Raytheon, countless contractors, etc. China has no base as extensive as that.