Yves here. Tom Neuburger demonstrates that even a casual look at China’s tech shows they are way ahead of us, even before getting to shipbuilding, control of rare earths, a vast manufacturing base that often uses advanced operating processes, ability to open factories quickly, more engineers and scientists….
By Thomas Neuburger. Originally published at God’s Spies
We’ve seen what today’s warfare looks like — sleek, cheap, deadly, Iranian drones versus aged, inaccurate, expensive American missiles ($20,000 vs. $4 million each); sitting-duck targets and bases (ours); ships so vulnerable we can’t afford to deploy them. The military world has changed, and we’re not part of it.
Yet in their wisdom or hubris (or Bacchantean madness) our makers of war still think China the great international prize and they mean to go after it. (For more on China, see “Alfred McCoy: Controlling the ‘World Island’” and “Iran, China and America’s Great Game”.)
So for fun, let’s look at technology in China today.
Drone Shows
The Chinese have been putting on shows like this for a while.
In 2024, this show held the largest image ever formed by multi-rotor drones. More than 7500 machines were used in the display.
And this show in 2026 broke that record. It employed more than 22,000 drones.
Beautiful, yes? Now think: would you care to see this in battle, armed to the teeth? I would take these displays as military demonstrations. Not kidding.
China’s Next-Level Dog
Via Glenn Diesen, whom I’ve come to appreciate, we find this fun bit of Chinese technology. This is the most agile robot dog on the planet. (Turn off the sound if it plays.)
Looks great on the dance floor, right? Care to see one in battle? How about a dozen. A hundred.
A Fantasy War from China
And finally, an AI dream from China of some future war. My source is this post on Twitter, whose own source I don’t know. So take this as fantasy, M. Night Shyamalan-style. The AI is excellent, by the way; almost passes for real.
🇨🇳 Chinese AI video about potential future wars.
Pay attention to the patch with the flag at 1:30; the Chinese AI model depicted the enemy very clearly. pic.twitter.com/VFe0kWYM6N
— Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil (@ivan_8848) July 25, 2026
Did you notice the NATO flags on those blown-out cars?
This looks like our navy to me:
And at 1:32 there’s a not-quite American flag on one soldier’s sleeve.
Conclusion
First, someone’s preparing for us. In fact, they’re already prepared.
Second, if we can’t beat Iran, a smart, mid-level power, this group will eat our lunch, spank our kids, sink our carriers, and send us home with a note to sit down and shut up. We’ve already lost.
I frankly don’t know what they’re thinking, our masters of war. The one-polar world is gone, and they’re acting quite mad. Won’t anyone wake them up?
Well, that’s reassuring:
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