civilian satellite radar<\/a> discovered some of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe report says in 2020, China launched more than 250 ballistic missiles “exceeding its launch numbers for 2018 and 2019 despite COVID-19.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A year ago in its last annual report to Congress, the Pentagon said China had amassed the biggest Navy in the world. It has since improved according to the new annual report to Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“In the near-term, the PLAN will have the capability to conduct long-range precision strikes against land targets from its submarine and surface combatants using land-attack cruise missiles, notably enhancing the PRC\u2019s global power projection capabilities.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report measures the growth of China\u2019s military in 2020 only, it does not account for China\u2019s growth this year. The report did not cover the recent hypersonic weapons test from space, which caught U.S. intelligence by surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The newly released report did cover the following development in the field of hypersonic weapons\u2014the first deployment of the advanced system that travels five times the speed of sound, but more importantly according to experts, it does not travel in a predictable, ballistic trajectory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“In 2020, the PLARF began to field its first operational hypersonic weapons system, the DF-17 hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) capable medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM),” the report says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The U.S. military\u2019s top officer, Gen. Mark Milley called the recent test of a Chinese hypersonic a “very significant” test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We’re witnessing one of the largest shifts in global geostrategic power that the world has witnessed,” Milley warned NBC\u2019s Lester Holt at the Aspen Security Forum Wednesday. “If we, the United States military, don’t do a fundamental change to ourselves in the coming 10 to 15 to 20 years, then we’re going to be on the wrong side of a conflict.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Milley later predicted a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is “not likely” in the next two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Pentagon\u2019s new China report has added a section on “Chemical and Biological research,” saying China has “engaged in biological activities with potential dual-use applications, which raise concerns regarding its compliance with the Biological and Toxins Weapons Convention (BWC) and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report did not touch on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. A senior defense official said the Pentagon is leaving that issues to the Director of National Intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Milley recently said China\u2019s test of a hypersonic missile while orbiting the earth was very close to a “Sputnik moment.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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