Posted on 10/16/2021 9:22:29 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The US military, specifically its leadership, has not had a good year. While the bungled, deadly evacuation from Afghanistan was the clearest sign of incompetence yet, that disaster followed decades of failure and corruption. Instead of admitting there’s a problem and improving, the US military has been busy prosecuting soldiers for speaking out.
By contrast, the Chinese communists are eating our lunch by building the world’s largest navy, advancing next-generation technologies, and promoting unity and strength among their rank and file. The latest example of their advancement has left US officials dumbfounded, after the Chinese military launched a nuclear-capable hypersonic glider that orbited the earth and then descended into its target area.
SCOOP – #China has stunned US intelligence and military officials by testing a #nuclear capable #hypersonic missile that traveled through low orbit in space, making a full circle around the globe before speeding towards its target.
https://t.co/xBB8cSWQD0— Demetri Sevastopulo (@Dimi) October 16, 2021
China tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August that circled the globe before speeding towards its target, demonstrating an advanced space capability that caught US intelligence by surprise.
Five people familiar with the test said the Chinese military launched a rocket that carried a hypersonic glide vehicle which flew through low-orbit space before cruising down towards its target…
…The test has raised new questions about why the US often underestimated China’s military modernisation.
“We have no idea how they did this,” said a fourth person.
When the US has no idea how the Chinese are doing something militarily, that’s probably not a good sign for the former’s long-term dominance. It’s also not a good sign when US generals are obsessed with racial and identity politics instead of readiness. China is taking this new cold war seriously, while US military leaders tweet about gay pride and the power of diversity.
The CCP has already unleashed a deadly virus that’s crippled the US economy and is about to lead to the firing of government scientists at Los Alamos due to nonsensical vaccine mandates. And while the communists have long had more manpower militarily, they are now beginning to pass us technologically as well. What’s been our military’s response? To complain about nail polish.
Why the Army thinks a French Manicure is an “obnoxious” color compared to the civilian world which views it as an understated yet professional look is beyond me. But I have to be in uniform tomorrow, so here we are. It looked nice while it lasted.
pic.twitter.com/GOxjDHbROR— Maj. Gen. Jo Clyborne (@joclyborne) October 15, 2021
I heard China was going to invade Taiwan until they saw the above tweet and thought better of it. But jokes aside, it’s just a matter of time before China takes over the island nation. The US military simply doesn’t represent the deterrent it used to.
How far behind we are in the current race is impossible to know. But what we do know is that we aren’t going to best China, our top threat by a mile, by prioritizing Critical Race Theory and targeting our recruitment at anxiety-ridden culture warriors.
There needs to be a reset within the US military and fast. Unfortunately, that kind of direction comes from the top, and Joe Biden is either nowhere to be found or on-board with the current destruction — depending on what day it is.
Stock prices of GE, LMT, RTX, NOC all jumped fairly noticably yesterday.
UNDER BIDEN THE US IS IN SHARP DECLINE
I’m not a conspiracy lover but I think it’s obvious large segments of the military, private industry, politics, intelligence, and universities have sold out for money.
And if we weren’t in the grips of insanity, and I was going to print $3.7 trillion to deal with an “emergency”
It would be to build us and the Japanese unbeatable navies, and to erect a missile defense before it’s too late.
“hypersonic glider”
Oxymoron. This is such hyped garbage.
Crumbling is more like it.
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I don’t think you’ll comprehend it but here’s a better article:
Oh, and China NEVER lies.
That was a major sellout. Yes.
We must remember to thank Bill Clinton and Loral for giving the necessary technology to the Chinese.
Bought it from the Russians. Who stole it from the US.
Bkmk
When you have Anthony Fauci actively and willfully using American NIAID funds to transfer bio warfare technology to the Chinese and even funding that work in research labs China things like boost glide, while serious, pale in comparison. The Chinese cannot believe how feckless our political and business leaders are and they are even more stunned by our Generals.
There’s only one other country that has these and it ain’t us. Russia has a similar missile, and also has a missile that is nuclear powered and can loiter indefinitely.
“hypersonic glider”
Oxymoron. This is such hyped garbage.
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It’s laughable.
Financial Times is like an arm of the ChiCom propaganda machine these day.
Once again, much hyped BS:
“...but instead of carrying a traditional nuclear-armed reentry vehicle, this Chinese system would carry a hypersonic glide vehicle that would possess immense kinetic energy...”
I don’t think you’ll understand it, but:
nasa.gov/centers/dryden/pdf/88772main_H-2494.pdf
Boost/glide vehicle research was pioneered by what we patriots ‘used’ to revere as the experts at NASA over 50 years ago. The space shuttle was a hypersonic glide vehicle.
I wonder what all the press cost them (the CCP, and how much you’re missing out on by freely promoting the hype).
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