The Chinese military is rapidly overtaking the United States in some areas of military intelligence, a matter that has caused deep concern in Washington and challenged traditional American superiority.
When a Chinese fighter jet of the Pakistani army fired a missile over the mountains of Kashmir and shot down a French Rafale fighter jet belonging to India, alarm bells rang in the West, as this was the first time the West had witnessed the operational use of the Chinese JC-10 fighter jet and the PL-15 missiles on the battlefield.
Since then, Western officials have been closely examining the details of the conflict to determine what it means for China’s military capabilities and whether China, under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, has finally caught up with Western powers.
According to American media reports, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army has transformed from a small force that farmed to finance itself into one of the largest and most powerful armies in the world in the past 25 years.
