Kina kan bli en tuff nöt för Donald Trump att knäcka.
"A new report written by former senior Pentagon officials argues that China is targeting the US with a "deliberate, patient, and robustly resourced military-technical offset strategy."
Authors Robert Work and Greg Grant make the case that China may be a more formidable challenge for the US than the Soviet Union because of its economic might and rapidly improving technological capabilities, many of which are being delivered to the military.
The report by the Center for a New American Security argues that the US will not be able to outspend China as it did the Soviets, but instead, it must learn to "out-innovate" China if it hopes to remain competitive as China pushes closer to technological parity and eventually dominance.
China appears to be playing the same game against the US that American leaders once used against the Soviet Union, a new report explains, making the case that China appears to be a more formidable challenge for the US than its Cold War rival.
The US countered the Soviet Union by offsetting their conventional military might through economic power and technological advancement. A new study authored by former deputy US defense secretary Robert Work and his former colleague at the Department of Defense Greg Grant argues that Beijing has both the will and ability to do the same to the US, which will need to change its game plan if it hopes to remain competitive.
"The Soviets were never able to match, much less overcome, America's technological superiority," the authors explained in their report released by the Center for New American Security. "The same may not be true for China."
https://www.businessinsider.com/china-could-be-tougher-challenge-for-us-than-soviet-union-2019-6?r=US&IR=T