The Chinese government carefully studies the war in Ukraine and makes conclusions from Russia's failures and successes, which could help the Chinese military in the war over Taiwan, The New York Times reports.
"Beijing sees an indirect conflict between two superpowers on the other side of the world as a source of invaluable lessons on weapons, military power, and intelligence that will help prepare for a potential war," the report said.
The journalists of The New York Times studied about 100 Chinese research papers and mass media that analyzed the events in Ukraine. First of all, Chinese military analysts were interested in what innovations and combat tactics would be used in a possible battle for Taiwan. China has observed Russia's use of hypersonic weapons to strike rear targets in Ukraine.
Beijing has analyzed the use of Starlink satellite communication systems by Ukrainian forces to coordinate their actions and circumvent Russian attempts to disrupt Ukrainian communications. According to Chinese analysts, Beijing should create its analog of Starlink and find a way to disable the enemy's similar system.
"The Chinese liked the fact that Russia was able to prevent the West from directly interfering in the war with its nuclear weapons. "They believe that they should expand the nuclear weapons program," the report said.
Chinese analysts believe that the main problem of the Russian army lies in the material and technical support of the troops and logistics.
They stress that China should prepare for the same problems when it comes to "future sea lanes, island capture". The New York Times reported that learning about Russia's mistakes could boost China's confidence in its ability to win a potential conflict with Taiwan.
"China's official military budget of $225bn is nearly three times that of Russia, and China's vast manufacturing and technological capabilities mean it can produce many advanced drones and other weapons that the Russian military lacks," the article said.
Another conclusion that the Chinese have drawn from the Russian-Ukrainian war is the need to maintain large ground forces and not reduce them with the development of aviation and naval forces.
"A great country must maintain reasonable ground forces, or it will lose its superiority on the battlefield," wrote Wu Dahui, a former military researcher at Tsinghua University.
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