US Intelligence Shows Flawed China Missiles Led Xi to Purge Army

[tn1911]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...srnd=undefined

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 US assessments cited several examples of the impact of graft, including missiles filled with water instead of fuel and vast fields of missile silos in western China with lids that don’t function in a way that would allow the missiles to launch effectively, one of the people said.

The US assesses that corruption within the People’s Liberation Army has led to an erosion of confidence in its overall capabilities, particularly when it comes to the Rocket Force, and also set back some of Xi’s top modernization priorities, the people said. The graft probe has ensnared more than a dozen senior defense officials over the past six months, in what may be China’s largest crackdown on the country’s military in modern history.

At the same time, the US assesses that Xi hasn’t been weakened by the widening purge, according to the people. Rather, they said, his move to oust senior figures — including some promoted under his watch — shows his hold over the Communist Party remains firm and that he’s serious about improving discipline, eliminating corruption and ultimately preparing China’s military for combat over the long term.

Just imagine how bad Russian missiles are now.

[ABNAK]

I'm leery of underestimating any potential enemy, but this is good news.

Graft and corruption in a commie regime eh? Say it ain't so.

[flenna]

I'm leery of underestimating any potential enemy, but this is good news.

Graft and corruption in a commie regime eh? Say it ain't so.

Yep, the Brandon regime is another example.

[ABNAK]

Yep, the Brandon regime is another example.

Valid point! Touche'

[TAZ]

I’m truly shocked that there would be graft and such in the people’s utopia.

Folks think Wallstreet is corrupt. They would poop bricks if they understood just how bad corruption is in a communist regime. You know what they say. Power corrupts, but absolute power …


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[SeriousStudent]

This is not good news.

If you were content to just rock along fat dumb and happy, you'd not worry about stuff like this.

If I was planning on using my gear, I'd inspect it before use. I might even send independent folks I trusted to go check gear as well.

[ABNAK]

This is not good news.

If you were content to just rock along fat dumb and happy, you'd not worry about stuff like this.

If I was planning on using my gear, I'd inspect it before use. I might even send independent folks I trusted to go check gear as well.

It may have bought us some time, but eventually they will see benefits from this puritanical cleansing.

[SeriousStudent]

It may have bought us some time, but eventually they will see benefits from this puritanical cleansing.

Oh, I agree with you on that. I just want to make sure people understand this incident is more than just a happy "Hey, you got chocolate on my peanut butter!". Xi is sending multiple messages.

[vicious_cb]

This is not good news.

If you were content to just rock along fat dumb and happy, you'd not worry about stuff like this.

If I was planning on using my gear, I'd inspect it before use. I might even send independent folks I trusted to go check gear as well.

Bingo, another fail MSM article from the shill bot spammer. Removing corruption, inefficiency, waste and incompetent leaders is only a necessity when you are planning to go to war in the near future. Its what you would expect from a country trying to get into fighting shape.

This guy is trying sell the narrative that China is some paper tiger that we can just roll over. Only a shill would try to lull us in false sense of superiority and cause to underestimate our enemies. How's that whole trying to collapse Russia thing going? Only 2 more weeks and a few more sanctions is going to do it right?

It may have bought us some time, but eventually they will see benefits from this puritanical cleansing.

The question is why arent we doing the same to our military procurement system? Guys the Col.'s and Generals who make the contracts for new gear suddenly getting hired by those same companies after retirement is totally not corruption. The DoD is so full of bloat and bureaucracy that having the highest military budget doesn't mean s**t when your defense per dollar spent is garbage.

[Diamondback]

Let's hope the authors of Unrestricted Warfare were on the receiving end of that Purge.