Chinese military hardware no need fake gold plating and lies

This is only what we have seen of Chinese military hardware against Western hardware, but we have certainly not seen the best there is and the best there will be of Chinese weapons. All those past decades the world had been fed the narrative that only Western military weapons are the best, while the Chinese only made junks.

The Chinese have almost kept mum on what they have in their arsenal, invoking Western speculations like the 6th generation fighter jet and new aircraft carriers, that are visible by satellite imaginary. The J10 by the way is already decades old, but certainly not obsolete.

Perhaps keeping secrets close to the chest is a trait in the Chinese DNA. In olden China, a master of martial arts will never impart to an outsider the most lethal move, reserved only for children to inherit or best students they could trust, which sometimes also backfired. Why was this mindset inherent in the Chinese DNA? There have been stories of outsiders and spies learning martial arts from schools and later using them against the school. Therefore, keeping the most lethal move from them is just a safety measure.

The USA and the West cannot just be mum on their developments all along, as they are looking to corner the market for military weapon sales in the past, an agenda feeding into their war mongering doctrine. They have to tout the effectiveness of their weapons in order to entice countries to buy them, probably starting wars to improve their sales. China was not a weapons supplier in the past but is moving into one to compete with the West now. Hopefully, China must not be carried away and be totally upfront on its military weapon developments, keeping the best for itself and away from its competitors and keep them guessing. That is probably the best deterrent, knowing that the West is trying to bring China down by hook or by crook, in the past, present and in future as well. History is there to be learnt.

What China is doing is a good strategy. Let the West continue to downplay Chinese military hardware and let them fall into a false sense of security and superiority complex. This is the same strategy that China embarked on in quietly securing all the raw materials for industries, prioritizing on growth sectors like EVs, solar panels, wind turbines, shipbuilding and upgrading its military strength. China has warned that it is ready to fight any war with the USA.


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