China's Military build-up

5 Key Findings From the Pentagon Report on China’s Military

The Pentagon has provided Congress with an annual assessment of China’s military expansion since 2000

The Pentagon published on Tuesday its annual report to Congress on the trajectory of China’s military build-up.

Since 2000, the Pentagon has provided yearly updates to lawmakers, assessing various aspects of China’s forces and how they may be employed in future conflict scenarios. These annual reports have tracked the growth of communist China’s navy and nuclear forces, its posture toward Taiwan, and more recent advances in space and information technology.

At 100 pages, this year’s report reiterated assessments that China is preparing to assert control over Taiwan through military force as early as 2027. Looking further down the road, U.S. analysts anticipate that China will continue to modernize its military to become a world-class force by 2049.

Here are five key findings from the new report:

1. 9 Aircraft Carriers by 2035
2. Nuclear Forces Readying for Rapid Response
3. Artificial Intelligence, Other Emerging Technology--The Chinese military looks to dominate by integrating artificial intelligence and other information technologies into its doctrine
4. Long Range Ship-Killers-DS-27 Ballistic missiles delivering nuclear warheads--The chart indicated the DF-27 has a range of between 3,000 and 5,000 miles, enabling missile forces in China to hit targets in parts of the contiguous United States.
5. Corruption, Mishaps, Vulnerabilities

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