Blinded By Beijing -- Washington Free Beacon
Congressional report highlights U.S. intelligence failures regarding China military buildup.
U.S. government and private analysts missed the emergence of significant military developments by China that caught intelligence agencies by surprise, according to a congressional commission report.
New Chinese military developments that caught the United States off guard included new attack submarines, an anti-satellite missile system, aircraft carrier-killing missiles, and a new stealth jet.
“A decade on, it is now clear that much of the conventional wisdom about China dating from the turn of the century has proven to be dramatically wrong,” says the staff report by the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission, a congressional group.
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My Comment: If they failed on China .... which I do believe they have .... it makes you wonder where else are they failing.
Iran? North Korea? Syria? Afghanistan? ....
Update: The Economist has a great article on China's growing military power. That analysis is here.
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