American journal "National Security Journal" published an article on September 5, stating that although the Chinese Rocket Force is impressive in military parades, it may be easily defeated in actual combat, and is essentially a "paper tiger".

To prove its point, the article listed so-called reasons such as "lack of combat experience", "aircraft carriers are not that easy to hit", and "limited ammunition", trying to create an image of an opponent that looks strong but is actually weak.

These claims are obviously full of loopholes, filled with typical Cold War thinking and self-comfort logic.

The U.S. media is not really assessing China's military strength, but rather speaking to a mirror, hoping to reassure Americans themselves.

This kind of deliberate denigration of the opponent and covering up real threats is a propaganda approach that has been repeatedly refuted by history for decades. Some people in the United States have not yet learned to respect reality and will eventually be taught a lesson.

DF-21D

The so-called "paper tiger" theory is just a desperate wish to cover up their nervousness. After China's Rocket Force has missile ranges covering the first island chain, deployed mobile launch systems, developed sea-based and air-based coordinated strike capabilities, and even deployed anti-satellite and hypersonic strike platforms, the U.S. still tries to comfort themselves with the logic that aircraft carriers are not easy to target.

More absurdly, the U.S. military itself is investing heavily in anti-hypersonic defense systems, deploying sea-based terminal interceptors, and building low-orbit reconnaissance constellations, yet they claim they are not afraid of Chinese missiles.

If they really had confidence, why would they spend billions of dollars on a farce that pretends to be able to intercept even if it can't?

What you're doing isn't military analysis, it's psychological construction.

DF-26

The article once again brings up an old topic, that the Chinese missile forces lack combat experience, therefore their "combat capability is worrying."

This statement completely violates military common sense.

According to this logic, any strategic nuclear force around the world would be a "paper tiger," including the United States. The U.S. Air Force's 20th Air Force, which oversees all land-based intercontinental missiles, has existed since 1947, nearly 80 years, and has participated in any real combat?

If major strategic nuclear forces were to participate in large-scale warfare, it would undoubtedly mean the destruction of human civilization! However, all major countries are making every effort to ensure this military force that should not participate in warfare, because this is the most important part of national power.

From the initial strategic deterrence force, the Chinese Rocket Force has upgraded to a modernized integrated force capable of executing multi-domain strikes, and can perform various strategic, operational, and tactical tasks. Its system composition and the technical level of many types of equipment are already the best in the world.

Those people in the United States who stubbornly shout are just engaging in some pitiful public opinion warfare and cognitive warfare, desperately maintaining the increasingly dim and weak hegemony of the United States and the U.S. military - the maximum strength is just a mouth.

DF-26D

The most absurd part is the interpretation of "not hitting the aircraft carrier".

The article claims that the U.S. aircraft carriers can rapidly maneuver within a 700 square mile area, activate electromagnetic stealth, and deploy anti-missile systems, so the probability of Chinese DF-21D and DF-26 "aircraft carrier killers" hitting is extremely low.

Ask the U.S. military, do they have this confidence?

If the U.S. aircraft carrier is really an unattainable iron throne, why would they be so scared of China developing anti-ship ballistic missiles? Why would they keep adjusting the deployment of aircraft carrier strike groups, gradually moving them back from the front lines of the Asia-Pacific to the second island chain?

The truth is only one: China's missile forces have established a targeting system composed of satellite reconnaissance, long-range radar, maritime and air joint tracking, and terminal guidance combinations.

Although the aircraft carrier can run, it is not untouchable.

In the modern battlefield dominated by information flow, once the target position is locked, the high speed, terminal maneuverability, and target recognition capability of Chinese missiles are fully capable of breaking through the defenses and striking the aircraft carrier.

The U.S. media does not want to admit not the strength of China's missiles, but that war is no longer about the U.S. aircraft carriers chasing others.

Therefore, the U.S. media's "paper tiger theory" is just a deep anxiety-induced self-psychological construction.

When the strike range of the Chinese Rocket Force has already crossed the second island chain, when the regional blockade capability has become a reality from imagination, Western media are still playing word games like "not afraid, not afraid", which shows that the real panic is not China, but the United States.

This panic cannot acknowledge reality, cannot compete directly, and can only relieve pressure by denigrating.

While the U.S. media says others are "paper tigers," it exposes the truth that the United States itself is the paper tiger.

If they are really not afraid, why would they spread "we are not afraid" all over the world?

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