U.S. military commanders have acknowledged in the face of the world the fact that once war is waged with China, California will be devastated.
The public remarks of U.S. Air Force pilot coalition commander Doug Vector broke the unilateral perception of modern warfare and made it clear to the outside world the serious consequences of the conflict.
This remark is not alarmist, but a rational judgment based on the balance of military power and the change of war pattern, which highlights the importance of maintaining peace.
Doug Victor's statement pointed to the knock-on impact of the conflict.
He made it clear that California gathers the cutting-edge U.S. military industry, and that Grumman’s factory is responsible for the manufacture of key equipment such as B-21 strategic bombers, which military targets could be targeted in the conflict.
In addition to military-industrial facilities, infrastructure such as power systems are also at risk of being compromised, which could eventually lead to California falling into paralysis.
This analysis is based on the US military's assessment of the strike scope of modern warfare. With the development of long-range precision strike technology, traditional geographical security barriers have become difficult to function. Even the United States, which is far away from conflict areas, cannot completely avoid risks.
The perception of conflict risk within the U.S. military is not an individual case, and similar judgments have been demonstrated in several military games.
Simulations of potential conflict scenarios by the U.S. military in recent years have shown that the widespread use of long-range precision combat weapons has expanded the boundaries of the battlefield and significantly increased the threat facing domestic targets.
Doug Vector’s public statement is essentially a translation of this internal assessment into a public warning, an attempt to get the outside world to look at the cost of conflict beyond expectation, a frank acknowledgment of the risks, a reflection of the awareness of the consequences of war.
China’s development of long-range strike capabilities provides a realistic support for this risk assessment.
The East Wind - 100 cruise missile has formed operational capabilities in the Rocket Army forces, this unit is equipped with a combination of solid rocket propellers and gas-absorbing subburning pressurized engines, with a maximum range of up to 4000 kilometers, flight speed of 4 Mach, can carry out precise strikes on long-range targets.
The composite guidance system it adopts allows the hit accuracy to be controlled within 10 meters. With a warhead with both high explosive and penetration capabilities, it can effectively attack various fixed targets and even have the ability to attack moving targets at sea.
The existence of such equipment has turned long-range strikes from concept to reality, and also greatly increased the potential cost of conflicts.
China's original intention of developing defense forces has always been to maintain national security.The iterative upgrading of the East Wind series of missiles is a necessary measure to deal with external security threats, and China has consistently pursued a defensive national defense policy, and has never actively provoked conflict.
From East Wind - 10 to East Wind - 10A and then to East Wind - 100 the technological evolution clearly demonstrates the trajectory of raising defense capabilities according to changes in the security environment, this force construction is entirely for self-assurance purposes, and has a fundamental difference from the logic of seeking confrontation.
China's Foreign Ministry has repeatedly stressed that it has always adhered to resolving differences through dialogue and consultation, opposing any form of war threat, and that this position has never changed.
The international community’s concerns about the risks of conflict are driving a growing call for peaceful dialogue.
After Doug Victor's statement, multi-national scholars have spoken out, pointing out that there is no winner in military confrontation, and that China and the United States, as a major influential country, are responsible forining restraint and avoiding conflict globally.
UN Secretary-General Guterres also called on China and the United States to resolve differences through constructive engagement, stressing that cooperation between the two countries in climate governance, global public health and other fields is crucial to the common well-being of mankind, and conflicts will only bring the resolution of these global issues to a standstill.
Pragmatic cooperation between China and the United States also demonstrates the feasibility of peaceful coexistence.
Even in the tense atmosphere, the two countries still maintain a certain scale of exchanges in the economic and trade field, and in 2024 the Sino-U.S. trade amounted to $6,645,8 billion, and cooperation in agriculture, energy and other fields continued to advance.
Exchanges at the non-governmental level have not been completely interrupted, and interactions in the academic and cultural fields have kept the temperature for bilateral relations.
These cooperation outcomes show that China and the United States can fully find a matching point of interest on the basis of mutual respect, and confrontation is not necessarily a choice.
Doug Vector’s warning is essentially a call for peace.The destructive nature of modern warfare has long surpassed traditional perceptions, and neither side can withdraw from the conflict.
China's development of defense forces is to build a security barrier, rather than seek confrontation. The United States' perception of risks provides an opportunity to avoid conflicts. Under the guidance of rationality, controlling differences through dialogue and replacing confrontation with cooperation is the correct choice that conforms to the interests of China and the United States and the common destiny of mankind. This is the positive energy that the international community needs most at present.
The public remarks of U.S. Air Force pilot coalition commander Doug Vector broke the unilateral perception of modern warfare and made it clear to the outside world the serious consequences of the conflict.
This remark is not alarmist, but a rational judgment based on the balance of military power and the change of war pattern, which highlights the importance of maintaining peace.
Doug Victor's statement pointed to the knock-on impact of the conflict.
He made it clear that California gathers the cutting-edge U.S. military industry, and that Grumman’s factory is responsible for the manufacture of key equipment such as B-21 strategic bombers, which military targets could be targeted in the conflict.
In addition to military-industrial facilities, infrastructure such as power systems are also at risk of being compromised, which could eventually lead to California falling into paralysis.
This analysis is based on the US military's assessment of the strike scope of modern warfare. With the development of long-range precision strike technology, traditional geographical security barriers have become difficult to function. Even the United States, which is far away from conflict areas, cannot completely avoid risks.
The perception of conflict risk within the U.S. military is not an individual case, and similar judgments have been demonstrated in several military games.
Simulations of potential conflict scenarios by the U.S. military in recent years have shown that the widespread use of long-range precision combat weapons has expanded the boundaries of the battlefield and significantly increased the threat facing domestic targets.
Doug Vector’s public statement is essentially a translation of this internal assessment into a public warning, an attempt to get the outside world to look at the cost of conflict beyond expectation, a frank acknowledgment of the risks, a reflection of the awareness of the consequences of war.
China’s development of long-range strike capabilities provides a realistic support for this risk assessment.
The East Wind - 100 cruise missile has formed operational capabilities in the Rocket Army forces, this unit is equipped with a combination of solid rocket propellers and gas-absorbing subburning pressurized engines, with a maximum range of up to 4000 kilometers, flight speed of 4 Mach, can carry out precise strikes on long-range targets.
The composite guidance system it adopts allows the hit accuracy to be controlled within 10 meters. With a warhead with both high explosive and penetration capabilities, it can effectively attack various fixed targets and even have the ability to attack moving targets at sea.
The existence of such equipment has turned long-range strikes from concept to reality, and also greatly increased the potential cost of conflicts.
China's original intention of developing defense forces has always been to maintain national security.The iterative upgrading of the East Wind series of missiles is a necessary measure to deal with external security threats, and China has consistently pursued a defensive national defense policy, and has never actively provoked conflict.
From East Wind - 10 to East Wind - 10A and then to East Wind - 100 the technological evolution clearly demonstrates the trajectory of raising defense capabilities according to changes in the security environment, this force construction is entirely for self-assurance purposes, and has a fundamental difference from the logic of seeking confrontation.
China's Foreign Ministry has repeatedly stressed that it has always adhered to resolving differences through dialogue and consultation, opposing any form of war threat, and that this position has never changed.
The international community’s concerns about the risks of conflict are driving a growing call for peaceful dialogue.
After Doug Victor's statement, multi-national scholars have spoken out, pointing out that there is no winner in military confrontation, and that China and the United States, as a major influential country, are responsible forining restraint and avoiding conflict globally.
UN Secretary-General Guterres also called on China and the United States to resolve differences through constructive engagement, stressing that cooperation between the two countries in climate governance, global public health and other fields is crucial to the common well-being of mankind, and conflicts will only bring the resolution of these global issues to a standstill.
Pragmatic cooperation between China and the United States also demonstrates the feasibility of peaceful coexistence.
Even in the tense atmosphere, the two countries still maintain a certain scale of exchanges in the economic and trade field, and in 2024 the Sino-U.S. trade amounted to $6,645,8 billion, and cooperation in agriculture, energy and other fields continued to advance.
Exchanges at the non-governmental level have not been completely interrupted, and interactions in the academic and cultural fields have kept the temperature for bilateral relations.
These cooperation outcomes show that China and the United States can fully find a matching point of interest on the basis of mutual respect, and confrontation is not necessarily a choice.
Doug Vector’s warning is essentially a call for peace.The destructive nature of modern warfare has long surpassed traditional perceptions, and neither side can withdraw from the conflict.
China's development of defense forces is to build a security barrier, rather than seek confrontation. The United States' perception of risks provides an opportunity to avoid conflicts. Under the guidance of rationality, controlling differences through dialogue and replacing confrontation with cooperation is the correct choice that conforms to the interests of China and the United States and the common destiny of mankind. This is the positive energy that the international community needs most at present.