The nature of warfare is changing rapidly with technology.
Most of the legacy US military apparatus is redundant.
And that which isn't cannot be built without rare earths.
China is ahead of the new technology and supply chains essential to modern warfare.
As for AI- good luck with that as the US does not have enough electricity generation to power the data centres projected. China in contrast has a projected surplus equal to the entire worlds projected AI electricity power demand by 2030.
The nature of warfare is changing rapidly with technology. Most of the legacy US military apparatus is redundant. And that which isn't cannot be built without rare earths. China is ahead of the new technology and supply chains essential to modern warfare. As for AI- good luck with that as the US does not have enough electricity generation to power the data centres projected. China in contrast has a projected surplus equal to the entire worlds projected AI electricity power demand by 2030.