The 2023 China Military Power report, released annually by the Defense Department, said that Beijing has also completed the construction of three new fields of long-range ballistic missiles silos as it builds out its options for delivering a nuclear warhead from different platforms.
China uses its military might to assert its claims of sovereignty in the South China Sea and beyond, including Taiwan.
In 2022, the Chinese military increased its aggressive actions towards the independent island territory, including ballistic missile overflights, military aircraft flying into Taiwan’s aerial identification zone and major exercises near Taiwan.
The growing aggression isn’t only pointed at Taiwan or China’s neighbors.
Chinese military pilots have ramped up their “coercive and risky” behavior against US aircraft flying over the East and South China in the last two years.
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”, Xi Jinping, ” Ely Ratner, “, Aquilino
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