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China shows missiles, Trump shows muscle: Xi's strategy can't match US
Chinas Xi Jinping likes getting the world stirred up with military confrontation.Perhaps thats why he wore his Mao Zedong high-collar suit, channeling the aura of the 1949 revolution, to the first major military parade in China since 2019.With him stood Russias Vladimir Putin and North Koreas Kim Jong Un, marking the first time in 66 years that this terrible trio of leaders of China, North Korea and Russia have gotten together.And did you catch the hot mic moment with Xi and Putin, both 72, groaning like the "Grumpy Old Men" they are about how "70 is just a child" and wondering if organ transplants can enable immortality?Kim, just 41, stifled a grin.Who knows who will have the last laugh in that trio.They are not my picks for immortality.XI JINPING HAILS 'UNSTOPPABLE' CHINA AS TRUMP ACCUSES BEIJING OF CONSPIRING AGAINST USXi, Putin and Kim had their serious dictator faces back on as they watched as Chinas Peoples Liberation Army Rocket Force teachers pet to Xi roll their DF-5C intercontinental nuclear missiles down the streets of Beijing.They also showed off a new variant of their DF-26D medium-range missile.They claim it can hit U.S. ships and aircraft carriers or the island of Guam.Dealing with this trio is a challenge like no other.And it's all in a days work for President Donald Trump.Trump said hes not concerned and called them out with some choice trash-talk, posting on Truth Social about their rather obvious efforts to "conspire" against the U.S.The China-Russia military alliance is the single biggest danger the U.S. military has ever faced.However, Xis plan for world domination is showing some fault lines.Xi has scrambled for 13 years to build up Chinas military.His strategy is based on loading up with missiles, missiles and more missiles.Yet looking at what rolled down the streets in Beijing, the fact remains that China cant outpace U.S. military technology, despite decades of espionage, copycat designs and heavy military spending.TRUMP CLAIMS PUTIN, XI, KIM ARE CONSPIRING AGAINST THE US AFTER MILITARY PARADE IN CHINAThe U.S. has some far superior systems. Im talking about the new B-21 stealth bombers and F-47 sixth-gen fighters, for example.China has no true equivalents.The U.S. also has new ways to deal with Chinas missiles. The U.S. Space Forces new Hypersonic and Ballistic Track and Surveillance System will use a constellation of satellites in low earth orbit, cued to use a medium field-of-view, to track Chinas hypersonic missiles as they maneuver.Innovations like this nix Chinas gains.The parade showcasing "multi-domain" technologies that might be used during an invasion of Taiwan was underwhelming.Chinas laser gun on the truck, the unmanned surface vessels and even the big underwater drones are nothing remarkable.The U.S. has all that.Just check out the U.S. Navys massive Orca drone, which can lay seabed mines all by itself.Or the U.S. Armys high-energy laser tests against drone swarms at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, this summer.Xi needs his thug friends to challenge the U.S. and allies.Sadly, China allows Putin the option of refusing to talk about ending the war in Ukraine.The warm welcome given to North Korea showed that China is eager for Kim's rising nuclear capabilities to provoke the U.S. and Pacific partners.Kim toured a solid-fueled missile facility before boarding the train to Beijing and North Korea is working on nuclear submarines as well.Thats scary.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONTrumps nonchalance in dealing with this terrible trio is possible because the administration is taking action every day to shore up Americas power and oppose the China-Russia alliance.In the Oval Office Tuesday, Trump flexed American power with two very different announcements.First, U.S. forces blew up a Tren de Aragua drug runners fast boat with an anti-ship missile.The strike opened a whole new chapter in the drug war.Tren de Agua is a designated terrorist organization, so in tactical terms, this is no different from striking ISIS or Houthi terrorists in the Middle East. Believe me, the U.S. Navy has plenty more anti-ship missiles and it's high time to clean up the Western Hemisphere.Trump's predecessor James Monroe, famous for the Monroe Doctrine, would be proud.Next, Trump announced that U.S. Space Command will be headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama.U.S. dominance in military and commercial space is essential for the economy and for global power; thats why Trump created the United States Space Force as the sixth military branch in 2019.Elon Musks Starlink and now Amazons Kuiper are muscling China out with thousands of satellites in low-earth orbit to deliver broadband, and backstop U.S. military freedom of action in space.And the Space Force is key to the Golden Dome defenses for the U.S.Finally, no military parade can cover up the fact that China, Russia and North Korea all face economic problems.Chinas growth rate has halved in recent years and tariffs threaten the continued expansion in global markets that is Xis top economic priority.Russia is running on defense production and oil sales, and North Korea has no discernible economy apart from its trade with China.Those other leaders in the parade photo had better not be looking to do more business with the U.S. anytime soon.The larger economic reality is that the U.S. is winning the AI race and, with concerted effort, can shut the door on Chinas attempts to dominate AI.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM REBECCA GRANT
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