CIA David Petraeus: What Everyone Gets Wrong About USA vs China

Описание: China’s growing military power is often treated as a foregone conclusion. But that assumption deserves closer scrutiny.

In this conversation, we examine what Beijing’s rapid military expansion really amounts to — and what it may be missing. While China has invested heavily in ships, missiles, and advanced technology, its forces lack one critical advantage: recent combat experience. By contrast, the United States military has spent decades operating under real battlefield conditions, shaping doctrine, leadership, and institutional learning.

That gap matters more than many assume.

As tensions over Taiwan continue to simmer, deterrence will hinge not just on hardware, but on credibility, adaptability, and the willingness to act under pressure. Drawing lessons from Ukraine, the discussion explores how modern warfare is evolving — from drones and AI to dispersed operations — and why conflicts are now won less by sheer mass than by speed of adaptation.

But battlefield performance is only part of the story.

Behind military power sit procurement systems and political incentives that are often ill-suited to rapid technological change. The conversation concludes by confronting a deeper vulnerability: outdated procurement models and entrenched interests that slow reform, even as the strategic environment grows more volatile.

The central question is not whether conflict over Taiwan is inevitable — but whether it can be prevented through credible deterrence, institutional reform, and strategic clarity.

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