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I can see your point, but it's very dangerous to think like that. While PLA Forces has upgraded considerably over the past few years, they are still nowhere near where they should be in term of quantity. I know that the technology is developing fast and that is catching up to the U.S. in many areas now, but China is still having these Type 053 frigates in active duty and some so-called "destroyers" fra early / mid-1990s, which are not even close to the U.S. destroyers from 1980s and 1990s.
I don't even need to start with the use of planes such as J-7 and various J-8. Those things should have been target practice of some kind of drones long time ago - ALL of them 100%. Same goes for various T-59 MBT tanks and similar military hardware.
There are also still some old submarines in active duty. They should have been scrapped long time ago.
China needs to think of their sailors, pilots and soldiers and you cannot and should not put them in platforms such as T-59, J-7, J-8 and things like that. At least, this should have been replaced with more T-96 which are cheap and more J-10 fighters which are also cheap.
I mean, even when you start the engine of one J-7, J-8, T-59 etc and start spending fuel LOL, it's ALREADY a WASTE - that fuel should have been in some other fuel tank, in a platform that is much more modern.
China is spending too little of defense and it needs to start spending more. Spending doesn't have to used 100% on new platforms. One can use 50% for new platform and training, and 50% for even more research.
The point is - U.S. is not a military superpower because U.S. has 1 Nimitz-carrier. No, the U.S. is superpower because they have 10 of those.
The U.S. is not a superpower because the U.S. har 1 or 5 or 10 Arleigh Burke destroyers. No, the U.S. is a superpower because the U.S. has over 65 of those. And the same apply to Improved LA and Virginia-class SSN, etc.
So not only quality, but quantity matters a lot also. First quality, but then quantity.
So in order for China to also become military superpower in the world - beside being already an economic and almost technological superpower, China must spend money militarily like a superpower should - or like Chinese main competitor / possible enemy does.
Spending less than 2% of GDP is just too little. Increasing that to 3,5 percent at least should be the way to go. It's not much at all - and it's also time to really break the economic back of couple of regional enemies who still dream in their head that they can cause trouble with their extremism and hate against China and the Chinese people and interests.
Each time I see that China owns 1 trillion in U.S. bonds, I want to throw up when I know how many J-20 and Type 055 cruisers only HALF of that amount could produce. Even 1 / 3 of that amount.
China must make it clear - if the U.S. wants 2,400 F-35, China will build a mix of 2,400 J-20 and J-31. There should not be any discussion around this.
Whatever the U.S. decide to build, China should match, because Chinese economy is now larger in PPP compared to the U.S. and China builds most of their own weapons themselves. Hence, use of PPP is more appropriate to compare with.
If the U.S. wants to keep 65 - 70 destroyers, then China should have a mix og 65 Type 055 and Type 052D / E, etc.
It's very simple to make it clear to the U.S. that whatever the f#ck the U.S. starts to irritate others with, including irritating China, then China should match that with the same number of comparable units that will be built.
For instance: The U.S. says bla bla in 2017 / 2018. China should just match that next March, etc.
Now that we know that Crazy Don wants to spend additional 54 billion USD, China should at least match that - either officially or unofficially + spend add-on which China planned to increase with before the Crazy Don's annoncement.
I know, it's "too much" to expect, but this is the only way. If you want a powerful military, one must spend money and keep it top notch. There should never be a compromise on a safety of the Motherland.
Co sign! 100% agreed!