Forget About the Spy Balloon: Fear China’s Missiles Built to Sink Aircraft Carriers

I have to admit, I was surprised at how obsessed the media is with a particular topic. Balloon From China, that is a rel=”https://www.19fortyfive.com/2023/02/chinas-spy-balloon-over-montana-is-no-sr-71-like-this/”>conducting Some intelligence gathering The U.S. homeland.

We have all heard about spy satellites. 

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(The following are my comments about the real China threat America should be concerned about. Here is Tucker Carlson, Fox News host. 

In any event, putting the theatrics aside, I hope this ends up being a moment when the U.S. media and public at large start to see the real threat from China – and not some balloon – but the rise of Chinese intelligence and military capabilities over the last thirty years.

The Rise of China is a Real Threat 

In fact, America had spent far too much blood and treasure in Middle East. China was building an elite military with one goal in mind: to defeat or deter the U.S. during a war.

This revelation was actually what prompted me to change careers and pursue a career in marketing. My own dream This is Having a small part In the national security discussions of our nation. 

So, let us move on from the hysterics of this balloon debate and focus on the real China threats – many of which have been missed by the media over the years. 

Take, for example: China has stolen data about some of our most lethal military platforms – and almost no one seemed to care. This includes the F-22 Raptor, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Ford-class Aircraft CarrierThese and many other things. A former official from the U.S. Defense Department has repeatedly told me that China has stolen more than $1 trillion in U.S. military secrets during the past twenty years. 

There is also the obvious military threat. The rise of China’s ballistic missile forcesIt was created to destroy U.S. andAllied bases throughout the Indo-Pacific, as well as our warships and warships at sea.

For example, take the DF-21D ‘aircraft-carrier’ missile. You should be concerned about a Chinese spy satellite. 

Here is what I wrote about ten years back in the a-href=”https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/31/kazianis-chinas-carrier-killer-missile/”>Washington Times:

“China is developing what could be seen as the ultimate such weapon, a real nightmare for the U.S. Navy. Since at least the mid-1990s, Beijing has been developing a highly advanced ballistic missile, the DF-21D, popularly dubbed “the carrier-killer.” On paper, such a missile could truly complicate Washington’s ability to move naval vessels as a hedge against China’s growing military might.

Understanding how the missile works is crucial to its deadly potential. The weapon is mobile, making its detection difficult — even under the best of circumstances. The missile can be guided by advanced radars, satellites, and perhaps an unmanned aerial vehicle when it is fired. According to various reports, it may have a maneuverable warhead that could defeat missile-defense systems. It slams down on its target — an oceangoing vessel like an aircraft carrier — at speeds of Mach 10 to 12. The missile is capable of attacking naval vessels up to 1,000 miles away. This distance exceeds the strike range of any U.S. aircraft on existing carriers.

Until recently, considering the science fiction-like description of such a weapon, many doubted the ability of China’s still-evolving defense industry to develop the missile. Many have pointed out that Soviet engineers were unable to develop similar weapons in the 1970s. It’s not easy to hit a moving target in the high seas; only a world-class defense and scientific industry would make it possible.

However, simply dismissing China’s capability to develop such a missile may have been wishful thinking. Recent research from the Washington-based Jamestown Foundation found that America has good reason to be worried.

As early as the 1970s, Chinese military experts started to think about how to use missiles against navy vessels. Research accelerated after America deployed two aircraft carriers in the 1995-96 Taiwan crisis. According to the report, the DF-21D was capable in hitting slow-moving targets by 2010. The missile was declared successful by a U.S. Admiral in late 2010. “initial operational capacity,” and U.S. officials this year think China has actually deployed the latest version of the missile.”

Now, fast forward to 2023. China has successfully tested the missile multiple times and it works as advertised.

The DF-26B is a long-range missile that Beijing has developed. It can strike warships up to Guam.

Indeed, China has so many ballistic, cruise, and hypersonic missiles that many U.S. military experts think China could destroy most U.S. bases around China in a war – an actual 21st century Pearl Harbor. 

Let me summarize: Spy balloons can be dangerous. But let’s worry a little more about the overall rise of China and its military capabilities because that is the real threat. 

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Harry J. Kazianis @Grecianformula is the President and CEO at Rogue States Project, which is a bipartisan think tank on national security. He held high-ranking positions at the Center for the National Interest and the Heritage Foundation. He was a member the Russia taskforce for U.S. Presidential Candidate Ted Cruz, as well as a similar taskforce in the John Hay Initiative. His ideas were published in the New York Times and Washington Post, Wall Street Journals, Newsweek, CNN, CNBC and other outlets. He is a Harvard University graduate in International Relations and the author of The Tao of A2/AD. This book examines Chinese military modernization. Kazianis has also a background as a defense journalist, having been Editor-In-Chief of The Diplomat and Executive editor for the National Interest.

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