Are new weapons platforms help the USA to defeat China?

 

                                                                                                

Chinese method of war in the new cold war is not just weapons platforms they are above them. The famous Chinese military doctrine book The Art of War mentions that the biggest victory against the enemy is the win without a fight. The Chinese are deeply working on this theory. Currently, the Chinese administration working on three ways for victory without a fight these are:

1. Economic Strength
2. BRI Initiative and Connectivity
3. Converting the Economic Agreements into Security Agreements

The USA all focus on the South China Sea because of three defense lines as:

1. Taiwan, South Korea, Japan First Defence Line
2. Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines Second Line of Defence
3. Australia, Guam, and the Marshall Islands Third Line of Defence

After then there is only the North Pacific Ocean between China and USA. The USA gives India a role to counter China, but it is not an effective method. There is a trace of bitterness between China-India relations and it became hotter during the Doklam incident, but not as hotter as the USA wants and against China, India needs time to prepare. Afghanistan is a good surveillance point, but now not in hands. Pakistan has already chosen the side. In the Middle East, the American presence is powerful. It is not oil or energy, resources; it is a geostrategic location. The Chinese geoeconomic bids are more magnetic power than military. The USA's only weakness is out of money. In military power, the USA is far superior to China. With economic power and technology, China overcame the gap. The USA has only two options;

1. Disrupt Chinese Trade Routes
2. Dominate the Seas

Now, the first option USA already working on it by putting blockage in the South China Sea. But Chinese have alternatives as Gawader port and Chabahar port. In the name of security, Americans already have the presence. Geo strategically, the USA has a powerful presence here China lacks. But not the Chinese trade routes are still present. In the Middle East, all Arabs countries except Syria are USA’s allies. Now the real game is started in Africa. That is why weapon platforms are less important in cold war 2.0.