The Biden Admin's Disturbing Response to China’s Hypersonic Missile Test
With Cold War comparisons flying, we face an infinitely better positioned and stronger China than the Soviet Union; our answer to it is substantially weaker.
The Disturbing Response to China’s Hypersonic Missile Test
Communist China’s apparent test of a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile is highly disturbing. But perhaps even more disturbing is what the episode has revealed about how unserious and ill-equipped America appears to be in the face of a regime that is relentlessly pursuing hegemony.
I capture this response in a new piece at the Epoch Times, and contrast it with what the U.S. government would be saying and doing were it more awake to the China threat than Woke.
As I write in part:
Any serious response from America would demand that we: (i) Develop more lethal and sophisticated weapons, and defenses against those of our adversaries—on the assumption our enemies will advance and proliferate these and other catastrophic ones; (ii) Rebuild our intelligence capability so we are never blindsided by the likes of communist China, and reorient it away from targeting “Wrongthinking” Americans; (iii) Further demonstrate our understanding of the China threat by decoupling from it in every strategically significant sector.
And this is before we get into actively confronting China when and where necessary.
Absent such a response, this hypersonic missile test will be looked back on as just one more episode in which China made its malign intentions crystal clear, and America shrugged.
Read the whole thing here.
Separately, I am thrilled to announce that I will be moderating a panel on the China challenge at the upcoming #NationalConservatismConference this Sunday, 10/31 in Orlando.
Here are the esteemed guests, and the topics they’ll be addressing:
The Challenge of China
Chair: Ben Weingarten
Michael Pillsbury, “China’s 100 Year Marathon”
Curt Mills, “Why China Matters Heading Into 2024”
David Goldman, “What Happens if China Leads the 4th Industrial Revolution?”
Michael Anton, “America and Taiwan in the 21st Century”
Join us by registering here.