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On the contrary, China is trying…
In the absence of critical technologies, it launched ‘Made in China 2025’ in 2015 to bridge that gap and reportedly achieved most of the outlined targets despite sanctions imposed by the Trump and Joe Biden administrations.
In 2023, the country will contribute nearly one-third of total global manufacturing output, almost double that of the United States, even as Chinese shipyards won orders to build more than 1,500 large ships worldwide , while the United States received only five orders.
According to Christopher Bedore of Gavekal Dragonomics, China – with its large manufacturing industry – is the world’s largest robotics market, with installations of industrial robots expected to increase by 75 percent between 2021 and 2023 compared to 2018-2020.
By 2023, the number of companies in China’s robotics industry was approximately 80,000, of which more than 4,000 were listed as high-tech enterprises. Several Chinese provinces have recently issued additional programs for humanoid robotic innovation to boost manufacturing and the economy.
Air power is an essential element of the US military and expeditionary warfare.
an article in foreign Affairs (September–October 2024) “Outlined by General Mark Miley, former Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Eric Schmidt, Chairman of the Special Competitive Studies Project”How is America unprepared for future wars?“Because it persists with legacy structures, platforms and doctrines, and it has yet to include autonomous weapons, military AI, drones, etc.
It says that in 2022, large companies such as Lockheed, RTX, General Dynamics, Boeing and Northrop Grumman receive 30 percent of all DoD orders, while new weapons manufacturers/venture-backed companies receive less than 1% – Even though China has initiated its biggest military restructuring with an emphasis on technology-driven forces.
The Pentagon’s 2024 report to Congress on China acknowledges the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) as a worthy adversary, describing it as “an increasingly capable instrument of national power” that is well suited to joint operations. Is trained, and equipped with advanced command and control, intelligence. , monitoring, and area denial capabilities.
A separate report by the International Security Program of Australia’s Lowy Institute said the US defense strategy in Asia-Pacific is now moving away from dominance and winning the war against China to a ‘disperse and survive’ approach.
Meanwhile, at present, the Indian Air Force operates 31 fighter squadrons, much less than the authorized strength of 42.
This lack of air power is compounded by aging fleets and delays in major indigenous projects, notably the fifth-generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft or AMCA (proposed by 2030) and the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mk-2, its thirty-six 4.5 Rafale is the most advanced fighter aircraft of the generation.
With Pakistan’s recent rapid acquisition of 40 Chinese J-35 stealth fighters (an export-oriented version of China’s J-31 stealth fighter expected to be delivered in 2027), the air capability gap has widened further.
Recently, countries involved in the Global Combat Air Program or GCAP (set up in 2022) and Future Combat Air System or FCAS (expected to deliver sixth generation fighter aircraft by 2040) invited India to be a part of their respective programs Is.
Nevertheless, India faces a dilemma – continue with its fifth generation AMCA or abandon it and join GCAP/FCAS or pursue both fifth and sixth generation projects simultaneously regardless of the cost .
