Studies lessons from war in Ukraine: China continues to prepare for protracted conflict - the media
Measures to provide military access to civilian infrastructure and fuel reserves are also reported that all this indicates that Beijing believes that a conflict in the Indo-Pacific may not be short, fast and rapid victory after a sudden attack, but a prolonged attack. The material states that China studies Russia's actions in the war against Ukraine. The London Analytical Center warned that the war of Hamas and Israel's terrorists in Gaza threatened to develop into a wider conflict.
In addition, the upheaval in Niger and Gabon, the return of Azerbaijan under the control of Nagorny Karabakh and preparation for China's conflict through Taiwan and the South Chinese Sea speak of instability. According to analysts, global defense costs this year will exceed the record for 2023 $ 2. 2 trillion. Thus, China's costs increased by 5. 4% in 2023. The publication writes that Beijing's actions lead to a significant increase in the defense budget in East Asia.
Taiwan expenditures increased by 24. 2% in 2023, while Japan launched a planned long -standing increase with an increase of 10. 5% in 2023. The Military Balanc report states that the current military safety situation has been a more dangerous decade. Editor Robert Wall, who worked on a report, stated that Russia was not able to show something special on the battlefield. But China develops a really new weapon. His approach to the projection becomes "more interesting".
"Washington is not attached to what Moscow does in planning weapons. He is very focused on what Beijing is doing," Wall said. The report also states that Russia now spends more than 30% of its national budget for the army. Since the beginning of a full -scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has lost about 3,000 its main combat tanks - about as many as it was in service. Earlier it was reported that China has presented its weapons on WDS 2024.