Bloomberg: US Intelligence Shows Flawed China Missiles Led Xi to Purge Army
* China missiles filled with water, not fuel: US intelligence
* Xi seeking to root out corruption, prepare military for combat
US intelligence indicates that President Xi Jinping’s sweeping military purge came after it emerged that widespread corruption undermined his efforts to modernize the armed forces and raised questions about China’s ability to fight a war, according to people familiar with the assessments.
The corruption inside China’s Rocket Force and throughout the nation’s defense industrial base is so extensive that US officials now believe Xi is less likely to contemplate major military action in the coming years than would otherwise have been the case, according to the people, who asked not to be named discussing intelligence.
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WNU Editor: China does have a corruption problem, but I am skeptical of this Bloomberg report that rockets were filled with water and not fuel. It should also be noted that this is just a US intelligence report making an assessment on what is happening in China.
US Intelligence Says Chinese Missiles Were Filled With Water Not Fuel That Led President Xi To Purge The Army
US intel shows China's army had missiles filled with water instead of fuel in a corruption scandal that led to Xi's military purge: Bloomberg -- Business Insider
Corrupt Chinese Officials Filled Missiles With Water, Report Says -- Newsweek
Xi Jinping's empty threats exposed as Chinese missiles filled with water instead of fuel -- Express
Flawed Rockets, Corruption Led To Purge In Chinese Army? Here's What US Intelligence Said -- Times Now
Chinese missiles filled with water instead of fuel – Bloomberg -- RT
The US needs to do the same. The military is corrupt, but not like the chinese. The corruption is just of a different kind.
ReplyDeleteLike promoting incompetent people based on sex and race.
DeleteAs a senator, in 2005, Obama actually went to Ukraine for photo-ops overseeing the destruction of its vast weapons caches.
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ReplyDeleteaside from an attempt to make Dems look bad, what is the point that is trying to be made here? the US policy was to ensure that A bombs were not available etc. If Trump were now president, NATO would not include the US. He has stated as much.
3:12 aside from an attempt to deflect for the Dems or just plain stupidity, what is your point?
ReplyDeleteSure it was only nukes that were of concern.
From the U.S. State Department:
U.S. Signs New Conventional Weapons Destruction Memorandum With Ukraine
The Ukrainian nukes went to please Russia and for the overall US multi decadal policy of no proliferation but we took Ukraine's conventional weapons too. Now don't you feel f0oolish? No you do not. You are a partisan hack.
Hitler was an @sshole. But He did arm his allies in Romania and Hungary in 1938/1030. It was 2nd hand stuff from the 1930s, but he did arm them.
Somewhere there is a list of equipment that Obama, Trump and Biden gave the Ukrainians pre- February 2022. What story does that tell about the Democrats? Better get the FBI on the case right now!
"Ukraine hosts the world's largest foreign-funded SALW and ammunition destruction program. Designed to eliminate 133,000 tons of ammunition, 1,531,664 small arms and 1,000 Man-Portable Air-Defence Systems (MANPADS),"
ReplyDeleteSo the US took Ukraine's manpads and then slow walks delivery of US MANPADs after FEB 2022.
Who does that except a complete asshole?
1,000 MANPADS
No, those are not what you find in the men's room and that you use.
Over the years I've learned to treat everything coming from US (un)intelligence with skepticism. While they may be reliable as a source to corroborate more reliable sources, it would be questiobable judgement to rely on them as a primary source. I wouldn't do it.
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Deletewhat is clear this year--not what got done years ago--is that a nation with A-bombs is more likely not to be invaded. The US did remove such weapons from Ukraine, and so Russia invaded. I will again state: if Trump were or again is president, he will try to get the US out of NATO, for he is Putin's butt boy
ReplyDelete608 mr fair and balanced always with the positive comments.
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