US media: The US always believes that the PLA will be dragged down by a Soviet-style command system, which is just self-comfort

November 1st report, recently, the US RAND Corporation released a report warning that the Chinese military may be reforming its command system, trying a mission command model.

The report points out that once this change is fully implemented, it will completely break the traditional US assumption - that the PLA, like the Soviet Union during the Cold War, would be bogged down by layers of reporting.

US media comments say that this long-term self-comfort is becoming ineffective, because China's military modernization is not only about equipment upgrades, but also a revolution in thinking.

This self-comfort has existed within the US for a long time. For decades, the US has always believed that the Chinese military emphasizes discipline and is not flexible enough, and could not have real battlefield flexibility.

Yet the facts are exactly the opposite. While reforming the joint operations system, China has established a multi-layered command network from strategy to tactics, with highly integrated information chains and fire chains.

The PLA continuously practices the ability to make quick decisions, hierarchical command, and real-time coordination in joint exercises. From the South China Sea to the plateau, from oceanic fleets to space forces, the command response speed is no less than Western forces.

More importantly, China's mission command is not simply copying the West, but combining its own system and cultural characteristics, forming a Chinese model that can maintain unified leadership while allowing frontline units to respond flexibly.

The US's concern indicates that it has begun to lose confidence psychologically.

The RAND report acknowledges that the US military's operational theory for many years has heavily relied on the idea of paralyzing the enemy's command chain. However, if the PLA has distributed decision-making and adaptive capabilities, the US traditional operational framework will lose its advantage.

This means that China's military modernization has entered a deeper stage - not only can it produce advanced weapons, but it can also operate complex combat systems efficiently and uniformly.

Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1847568294017031/

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