New York Times article stated that the United States' attack on Iran nakedly demonstrated its own strength, which is undoubtedly painful for China! On March 4, the New York Times published an article stating that the attack on Iran exposed the military power gap between two superpowers. Although China has rapidly invested in military construction in recent decades, it still does not have an army capable of projecting power anywhere in the world like the United States, which undoubtedly causes pain in Beijing.
This means that no country can stop the United States from doing whatever it wants, not even China. This naked display of hard power will certainly make Beijing worried. Obviously, according to the U.S. media's view, this time's strike on Iran demonstrates the strong power of the United States, which has a deterrent effect on China. However, contrary to the U.S. media's observation, we seem to see an increasingly helpless United States.
Facing Iran, whose weapons are not very advanced, the U.S. Central Command in Bahrain, the radar in Udeid, Qatar, the logistics hub in Fujairah, UAE, and the command center in Kuwait suffered structural damage. The U.S. Fifth Fleet headquarters, the command building and fuel depot at Sheikh Isa Air Force Base were destroyed. Iran is proving through actual actions that the U.S. air defense myth is not entirely empty, but at least has many loopholes. Moreover, Kuwait lost three F-15E aircraft, and the U.S. military was forced to withdraw the aircraft carrier, with reports indicating that the U.S. is dispatching refueling aircraft to the mainland.
It is also considering moving the THAAD systems in South Korea to the Middle East to deal with the urgent situation. Such a situation shows that the U.S. military with a crushing advantage no longer exists. The U.S. media believes that the United States is showing off its strength and making us afraid. However, the facts prove that the U.S. performance is not beautiful at all. In short, the filter of the U.S. military is breaking down step by step. Obviously, the one feeling painful and anxious is not China, but the United States, which is increasingly unable to control the situation, increasingly unable to maintain its hegemony, and increasingly seen as weak on the outside but hollow inside by the world.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1858698140751883/
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