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Preface
After the number of employees in China's military industry reached 1.74 million, compared to 980,000 in the United States, the U.S. Department of Defense concluded that China's defense industry surpassed that of the United States.
What is the comparison of the strength of Chinese and US military industrial enterprises?
The looming threat
In 2023, in order to justify its huge military spending, the United States released the draft "Defense Industry Strategy", saying that if the United States wants to develop and fight, it must deal with a "looming threat".
The countries that the United States considers to pose a threat to them are located in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and China is the only country that can meet the American standards.
As a result, the U.S. draft urges the U.S. to unite and defend together to deal with China, a rising "global industrial power," all of which is inseparable from the development of China's military industry and related industries.
Source: Observer.com2023-12-03 "U.S. Department of Defense Draft Hype: China's Defense Industry Development Surpasses Ours"
For example, the number of employees in China's military industrial enterprises has reached 1.74 million, while the number of employees in related industries in the United States is only 980,000.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the number of military employees in a mere area does not mean anything, and it depends on the level of development of the military industry, and it is necessary to refer to the results of military production, such as how many tons of warship displacement per capita.
In the eighties and nineties of the last century, there were 2,200 warships of various kinds on the mainland, and the total number of warships did not seem to be small, but the displacement of each warship was not high, so that the per capita displacement of warships on the mainland was far less than that of the United States.
In addition, the United States already has "Burke"-class destroyers, and the displacement of one destroyer can reach seven or eight thousand tons, which is a clear advantage over the mainland's destroyers with a displacement of 4,000 tons.
After discovering its own shortcomings, the mainland has been committed to strengthening its military industry for many years, and has had to import Soviet fighters, aircraft carriers, and other military products from the Soviet Union and other countries because of its limited research and development capabilities.
Even the mainland's Liaoning and Shandong ships, which are major powers, have the shadow of Soviet aircraft carriers, and in any case, the road of military procurement has taught the mainland a lot.
However, the total import of military equipment is not a long-term solution, so at least since the 50s of the last century, the mainland has specially selected a group of researchers and asked them to study military products such as airplanes and warships for the mainland.
After they laid a solid foundation for the Continental Army's industrial industry, the mainland's 055, 052D, 075, 003 and other warships can appear in front of us like dumplings.
As soon as the results of the development of the Continental Army's industrial industry were announced, they aroused great concern in the United States and had a certain degree of impact on the US military spending plan.
For example, at the beginning of 2023, the United States set itself more than $90 million in military spending for 2025, thinking that only so much military spending can ensure their dominant position in the military field.
However, due to the limited economic conditions, the United States has reduced its military spending to more than $800 billion before it has time to implement this plan, which is 1 percentage point higher than this year's military spending level.
This year's military expenditure is $886 billion, or $2,200 per capita, more than four times higher than the mainland's per capita military expenditure.
Source: Global Network2024-02-15 "Foreign media: Biden wants to reduce orders for F-35 fighters in the new fiscal year, and Lockheed Martin's stock price falls"
As everyone knows, military spending is closely related to military production, and the United States can spend more than $800 billion on military spending, which will not only help their armed forces increase some equipment, but will even enable them to better prepare for war.
However, American expert Mackenzie Igeland pointed out that China's military spending on Beijing is no longer simply to keep China up with the pace of the world, and such a China has even become a threat to the world, so how much is the mainland's military spending this year?
Source: Guangming.com2024-03-10 "2024 China's Defense Budget Announced! Latest Responses》
Second in the world
At the beginning of this year, the global network announced the mainland's defense budget, that is, the mainland's military spending, which is converted into $231.42 billion in US dollars, which is much lower than the $710 billion estimated by US experts.
Based on the calculation of $710 billion, the mainland's per capita military expenditure is only about $500, ranking second in the world, but the level of the military industry has not yet reached the level of posing a threat to the United States.
Source: Huanqiu.com2024-03-05 "2024 Defense Budget Increases by 7.2% Expert: The Scale of China's Defense Spending Has Been Moderate, Reasonable and Restrained"
However, the United States still believes that China's presence makes it difficult for the American defense industry to maintain its conceptual position, and in this case, they should increase the level of military spending as soon as possible to avoid "further falling behind."
These remarks by the United States are purely because they want more military spending, but military spending is not more or less important, what matters is whether every penny can be fully utilized.
In addition to building and buying new weapons, the United States also has to maintain old military products, such as their Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.
Source: Baidu Encyclopedia - Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
This destroyer has been in service since the 90s of the last century, with a full load displacement of at least more than 8,000 tons, and its technical level is far ahead of the mainland's destroyers with a full load displacement of 4,000 tons.
However, no matter how advanced Arleigh Burke is, he is still facing the problem of key maintenance and military spending of the US military.
It stands to reason that the construction of the mainland's modern navy is later than that of the US military, so the problems that US warships have encountered over the years that need to be overhauled can only be encountered by the Continental Army ships a few years later.
However, the 054A launched in 2004 on the mainland is also facing the situation of overhauling at the end of its service, which also requires a certain amount of military expenditure.
In addition to these, the production of new military products is more expensive, and the United States, which is careful about budgeting, has long considered the problem of cost saving and handed over military production to private units.
For example, the Northrop Grumman Company of the United States not only helped the United States produce naval ships, but also sold military products to the mainland and Taiwan region for economic gain.
Source: Baidu Encyclopedia - Northrop Grumman
This is not the only military industrial production unit in the United States, the United States also has a well-known military industrial giant Lockheed Martin, which can smoothly carry out military production projects without the strong support of the United States.
However, after the news of the reduction of US military spending this year, Lockheed Martin's stock price fell 2.6 percent, which means that the company will encounter a little financial crunch compared with previous years.
A more effective way for the United States to solve this problem is to increase its military spending, but its "Foreign Affairs" magazine believes that it has not put its military spending in the right place, and has openly criticized its hegemonism.
Regardless of whether the United States increases military spending or not, the total tonnage of the US Navy's capital ships has reached more than 3 million tons, which is higher than the mainland's more than 2 million tons.
In addition, the population of the United States is only more than 300 million, while the population of the mainland is more than 1.4 billion, and on average, the per capita tonnage of the United States is still much higher than that of the mainland.
As we live in an era of peace, we must also constantly enhance our hard power, especially the production capacity of the military industry, so as to make contributions to protecting the security of the motherland and the people and better safeguarding world peace.
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