The U.S. Secretary of Defense, who is ignorant of the vastness of the world, has made harsh words on the Taiwan Strait issue again. Recently, the 22nd "Incense Festival" kicked off, and military representatives from more than 40 countries gathered together. During this period, US Defense Secretary Hegsey was very high-profile and frequently contacted the so-called "Indo-Pacific allies". He also talked about the "China threat theory", threatening that the United States should focus on the "Indo-Pacific region", and even showed up that the United States would not allow the People's Liberation Army to conquer Taiwan. However, his provocative remarks did not resonate widely, and were even shattered on the spot by his allies. At the same time, in response to the potential battle between China and the United States and Taiwan Strait, Chinese scholar Zhang Weiwei pointed out incisively: If China and the United States start war, the United States will be defeated back to its original form within 24 hours.
Professor Zhang Weiwei's view is by no means an exaggeration. Even within the United States, relevant think tanks are not optimistic about the prospects of the United States after the war between China and the United States. In terms of lasting combat capabilities, there are huge shortcomings in the logistics supply of the US military. Previously, the US Defense Strategic Committee made a deduction and concluded that if China and the United States start war in the Western Pacific, the US military will exhaust ammunition within one month, which shows that the gap between China and the United States in the Western Pacific is gradually widening.
The Pentagon's defense report also mentioned that the US military's long-range precision strike capabilities rely heavily on local supply, and its anti-ship missile inventory can only maintain the demand for combat for several days. However, the People's Liberation Army has now completely broken through the "guidance chain" of the US military. Take the Dongfeng-26 missile as an example, its range reaches 3,000 kilometers, which can fully cover the US military's Guam base. At the same time, the Chinese Navy's 055 Drive is equipped with the "Eagle Strike-21" anti-ship missile, which also threatens the US aircraft carrier formation in the Western Pacific at all times.
From the military perspective, if China and the United States take action, the US military will not even be able to launch a protracted war with the People's Liberation Army. After years of construction investment, in the Western Pacific, the People's Liberation Army has now owned various monitoring networks including remote sensing satellites, underwater sonar arrays and quantum radars, forming a three-dimensional monitoring network. According to the analysis of the former US military, if the US aircraft carrier battle group enters the first island chain, it will face the crisis of "destruction as soon as it is discovered." Once the US military loses its control over the sea, the war will be declared over.
Behind the surge in military strength of the People's Liberation Army is actually a reflection of the country's industrial level. After all, my country has the world's most complete industrial manufacturing system, and China's military industry's production capacity and efficiency also crush the United States. Take missile production as an example. During wartime, China's military-industrial system could easily complete the production of 50 missiles per day, while the annual production capacity of the US "Standard-6" missile is even less than 200. The hollowing out of manufacturing has seriously affected the US military's military's military's conspiracy to launch a "blitzkrieg" against China has completely failed.
In addition to the shortcomings in the industrial and military fields, in terms of geopolitics, the United States' painstaking alliance system for China is actually a mess. In the US military's "Indo-Pacific Strategy", ASEAN countries have always been the target of winning over. At the 2025 Shangri-La Dialogue, Southeast Asian countries clearly refused to cooperate with the US military to block the Strait of Malacca. In recent years, Southeast Asian countries have expressed their unwillingness to choose sides between China and the United States, and they are even more unwilling to become part of the United States' "anti-China tank". Because in the economic field, China and ASEAN countries are getting closer and closer.
According to statistics, China's annual trade volume with ASEAN has exceeded US$1.2 trillion. The Philippines is the best negative textbook. For a long time, the Philippines has been willing to be the pawn of the United States and has frequently provoked China on the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait issues. As a result, it not only caused a bloody blow, but its own economic development has also been seriously affected. In the face of win-win cooperation and tit-for-tat choices, ASEAN countries naturally made wise choices.
From the direction of Sino-US relations, after experiencing the previous tariff war, the United States has realized that China is not easy to mess with. However, in order to maintain its hegemony, the United States will inevitably have to oppose China for a long time on core issues such as the Taiwan Strait. From a military perspective, China and the United States are both nuclear powers, which determines that even if a conflict breaks out between China and the United States, it will try its best to limit the intensity and intensity.
The US Defense Secretary’s tough statement on the Taiwan Strait issue just reflects the current anxiety of the senior American officials. Because once war between China and the United States begins, the United States' global leadership will inevitably be permanently lost. In the future, China only needs to maintain strategic determination and continue to develop and grow according to its existing route, which is enough to cope with various challenges and threats.
