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Kris Osborn, National Interest: Can China's Army Match the U.S. Army? For Now, the Answer Is 'No'
Here's how each country is preparing for a major land war.
The two-million-strong Chinese Army recently conducted massive attack drills, tested warfare scenarios and practiced combat maneuvers in a large wargame in Northwestern China, raising questions about the extent of the countries’ current preparation for a land war.
The mock-combat operations included day and nighttime “rapid assaults, live-fire strike tests, tactical training and weapons’ tests,” according to a June 9 report in the Chinese People’s Online Daily newspaper.
The exercise included land-attack maneuvers, paratroopers and full-scale war scenarios involving armored vehicles, artillery, mechanized infantry tactics and scout missions.
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WNU Editor: What a difference 30 years make. Thirty years ago when I was working in China, on many instances I saw their soldiers, and they all had ill-fitting clothes and boots. Today, they are almost at the standards of the U.S. Army. I can only imagine what these Chinese soldiers are going to look like 30 years from now.
4 comments:
in total numbers: yes
They have no combat experience. China cannot match the US’s AAR’s and war college practices. All smoke and mirrors. They need to fight a major war before they could be considered front line.
Yes Mike.
They must fight one and win it. In the process of winning it, they must also have defeats that they must overcome.
I agree with Mike and Anon 12:08. The only never talked problem is all our military is spread all around the world but the Chinese's one is all at home and very close to the flash point. Being out gunned and having logistic disadvantage is a serious worry, at least for the beginning.
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