PLA AEW&C, SIGINT, EW and MPA thread

[Atomicfrog]

Consider how US military spending is like 3.5% of GDP.

In comparison, the last (older) Chinese figures are about half that level (~1.8%?)

Consider how everyone in the world sees the US as being "overly" aggressive towards China, as per public comments by Ray Dalio and the late Henry Kissinger.

So if China wanted to match US spending levels, China should really be doubling it's military spending.

A lot of money spent in military in the US just go in lobying/CEO pockets and not in equipments... we just cannot compare spendings.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Excerpts from an academic paper, titled《基于工程应用的多乘员飞机座舱人机综合设计评估技术》(Engineering Application-Based Comprehensive Design and Evaluation Technology for Human-Machine Integration in Multi-Crew Aircraft Cabins). Posted by @Crosshairs十字线 on Weibo.

 

[HailingTX20]

Newest video of the KJ-700:

https://imgur.com/a/tquNjk7

 

[ying1978]

KJ-500 1/2

Credits: 趙培

 

[ying1978]

2/2

Credits: 趙培

 

[by78]

A training simulator for KJ-500H.

 

[_killuminati_]

Consider how US military spending is like 3.5% of GDP.

In comparison, the last (older) Chinese figures are about half that level (~1.8%?)

Consider how everyone in the world sees the US as being "overly" aggressive towards China, as per public comments by Ray Dalio and the late Henry Kissinger.

So if China wanted to match US spending levels, China should really be doubling it's military spending.

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Given that Chinese military spending is overwhelmingly spent inside China using Chinese resources, PPP is the better measure as it looks at actual output of goods and services in an economy.

The exchange rate just reflects the supply/demand dynamic for the the US Dollar and Chinese Renminbi. And remember the Chinese government explicitly manages the currency.

What matters is what your USD or RMB can actually buy.

I believe Chinese military spending in actual value is higher than US.