One shot to shock the United States! China no longer accepts the regional power balance dominated by the US after World War II
According to a report from "Defense and Security Asia" on September 7, China publicly unveiled the Jinglei-1 air-launched ballistic missile for the first time.
This missile has nuclear strike capabilities, marking that China has completed its nuclear triad of land-based, sea-based, and air-based systems.
JL-1 is not just a technological achievement, but it directly changes the regional strategic landscape, declaring that Beijing now has new penetration methods capable of bypassing the U.S. missile defense system meticulously built in the Asia-Pacific region.
This moment also means that China has officially entered the ranks of super nuclear powers, and one missile has made the world see the reality: the regional power balance dominated by the United States after World War II is no longer an unshakable rule.
This is why it is said that the significance of JL-1 goes beyond a single missile.
Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has relied on its bases and missile defense systems in Japan, South Korea, and Guam to maintain so-called forward deployment, forming a strategic pressure on the Asia-Pacific region.
The U.S. nuclear umbrella has long allowed Japan, Australia, and South Korea, among other allies, to operate under American protection, while China was forced to seek limited space within this framework.
But with the addition of JL-1 to complete the air-based nuclear strike capability, China now has equal voice in strategic negotiations.
For the United States, its confidence in the missile defense network is no longer reliable when facing an air-launched ballistic missile, released from high altitude by a long-range bomber, which has maneuverable penetration capabilities.
China's choice to publicly display the JL-1 at a grand military parade is not only a breakthrough in the military field, but also a political and strategic statement.
This means that Beijing no longer accepts the regional distribution of power set by the United States after World War II.
In the past, the United States unilaterally set the security framework, and China could only passively adapt; now, with the completion of the nuclear triad, China is building a new strategic balance with actual capabilities.
This also explains why everyone acknowledges that the JL-1 is a missile that changes the rules of the game.
It not only makes China's nuclear deterrent system equal to that of the United States and Russia, but also directly breaks the U.S. security advantage maintained in the Asia-Pacific region for over seventy years.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1842666292810752/
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