| China's strong points: -China's military has hypersonic missiles that evade most defenses -Chinese attack drones can paralyze communications networks -China's naval ships outnumber America's, including 3 aircraft carriers -China has 2 million serving members vs. 1.4 million US soldiers -Cyberwar capabilities can disrupt US infrastructure Considerations: -China lacks combat experience -A top-down command structure could make them less flexible to improvise on the field -40% of training involves studying the Communist Party rather than training -Untested modern warfare efforts of joint military branch execution -General lack of readiness based on red vs. blue team exercises -Shortage of high-quality talent based on standardized admission tests |