China improves ability to launch sudden attack on Taiwan, officials say

4 bookofjoe 2 5/26/2025, 5:07:49 PM ft.com ↗

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bookofjoe · 1d ago
klooney · 1d ago
> But it is struggling in some areas, particularly military leadership and decision making. “This is an enormously complex kind of operation . . . and they just have not demonstrated the ability to adapt to modern warfare.”

This is cope. Everyone inevitably has to fire or replace a bunch of peacetime generals when war starts, that doesn't mean they won't climb the learning curve just fine.

The important measurements are "consumables they can build per week" and "available manpower", and they're doing fine, everything else will shake out in their favor.