{"id":6654,"date":"2021-11-23T23:13:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T23:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=6654"},"modified":"2021-11-23T23:13:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T23:13:43","slug":"satellite-images-show-china-built-mock-ups-of-u-s-warships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=6654","title":{"rendered":"Satellite images show China built mock-ups of U.S. warships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n\n&#8220;China&#8217;s massive military upgrade has emphasized countering the U.S. and other countries&#8217; naval forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That includes the development of land, sea and air-launched missiles to repel and possibly sink opposing vessels, expressed most emphatically by the land-based DF-21D ballistic missile known as the \u201ccarrier killer.&#8221;&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Pentagon..issued a report saying China is expanding its nuclear force much faster than U.S. officials predicted just a year ago. That appears designed to enable Beijing to match or surpass U.S. global power by midcentury, the report said.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;China\u2019s test of a hypersonic weapon capable of partially orbiting Earth before reentering the atmosphere and gliding on a maneuverable path to its target also surprised top U.S. military leaders. Beijing insisted it was testing a reusable space vehicle, not a missile, but the weapon system\u2019s design is meant to evade U.S. missile defenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gen. 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