- China missiles filled with water, not fuel: US intelligence
- Xi seeking to root out corruption, prepare military for combat
US intelligence indicates that President Xi Jinping’s sweeping military purge came after it emerged that widespread corruption undermined his efforts to modernize the armed forces and raised questions about China’s ability to fight a war, according to people familiar with the assessments.
The corruption inside China’s Rocket Force and throughout the nation’s defense industrial base is so extensive that US officials now believe Xi is less likely to contemplate major military action in the coming years than would otherwise have been the case, according to the people, who asked not to be named discussing intelligence.
Could be why they used weather ballons to spy on other nations, instead of spy planes. 🤣
They used balloons because it’s deniable and cheap.
Taking lessons from the US. No risk of having your plane shot down, your pilot captured, and backing yourself into a corner with your own lies if there is no plane or pilot in the first place.