Eyes wide shut

 

The annual report by DOD to Congress on China's military power is out -

https://media.defense.gov/2020/Sep/01/2002488689/-1/-1/1/2020-DOD-CHINA-MILITARY-POWER-REPORT-FINAL.PD

Quick opinion?

It's an apologist's coverage of the greatest threat, ever, to free mankind.

"China’s foreign policy promotes changes to the international system on Beijing’s terms and according to ideas and principles it views as essential to its concept of a “community with a shared future for mankind.”"

China has long maintained a “no first use” (NFU) policy, although there is ambiguity over the conditions under which China would act outside of its NFU policy"

and this important item ..

"CHINA’S HYDROCARBON STRATEGY Key Takeaway > China’s interest in ensuring reliable, cost-effective, and diverse energy sources to support its economic growth drives its overseas investments"

It's crap.

The CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY are the folks that INTENTIONALLY spread a pandemic across the world - after buying up all the PPE available from all countries it could - and having the WHO spread lies as the virus spread.

It doesn't even add up mathematically. 

"Over the next decade, China’s nuclear warhead stockpile—currently estimated to be in the low-200s— is projected to at least double "

DOD still believes Communist China has only 200 or so nuclear weapons?  

 Do the math folks.  Count the land based intercontinental missiles, accept some are MIRV'd.  Count the submarine launched ballistic missiles.  Count the land based intermediate range ballistic missiles realize they're useless without nuclear warheads.

To say nothing of the uselessness of an anti-ship ballistic missile with anything other than a nuclear warhead.   Clue - even a minute miss is a total waste.

And - talk about missing the 800LB gorilla -

Word search the document for 'biological warfare' or 'biowar' or virus. 

Given what we know PLA is doing in the BSL4 lab in Wuhan? 

Crap.

Inexplicable, unless the CCP edited the document - or the DIA and CIA are completely incompetent.

Your choice.

PS - they did get one item right, as far as it went ...

"CCP leaders probably consider open democracies, including the United States, as more susceptible to influence operations than other types of governments"

 

You betcha! 

Update 9/18/20 not to worry sez our SECNAV https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/esper-touts-china-too-far-behind-us-navy-superiority-ever-close-gap