I found it on the Internet on Wednesday.
First I googled "why the investment" (together with Rumsfeld, of course), it did not work.
Malicious.
The U.S. Congress requires that the U.S. Department of Defense report annually on China's perceived military strategy and its military modernization. The Department's 2005 report is scheduled to be released soon.
Among other things, the report concludes that China's defense expenditures are much higher than Chinese officials have published. It is estimated that China's is the third largest military budget in the world, and clearly the largest in Asia.
China appears to be expanding its missile forces, allowing them to reach targets in many areas of the world, not just the Pacific region, while also expanding its missile capabilities within this region. China also is improving its ability to project power, and developing advanced systems of military technology.
Since no nation threatens China, one must wonder:
- Why this growing investment?
- Why these continuing large and expanding arms purchases?
- Why these continuing robust deployments?
