Has deployed twenty Dong Feng ICBMs that can hit Hawaii and the West Coast of the United States.

Has run up the second largest military budget on earth, between $50 and $70 billion.

Has conducted mock missile strikes on U.S. bases in Korea and Japan, using road-mobile CSS-5 missiles with a range of 1,300 miles, and silo-based CSS-2 missiles with a range of 1,900 miles. China seems to be warning that any attack on its forces by the 7th Fleet in a clash over Taiwan will be answered with counterstrikes on U.S. forces from South Korea to Guam.

Has deployed over 500 DF-11 and DF-15 missiles across from Taiwan and plans to increase the number to 650. Both missiles are nuclear-capable and Taiwan is defenseless against them. This is the most daunting conventional missile threat in the world today. When Moscow attempted to intimidate Europe by targeting mobile SS-20s against NATO, Reagan responded by deploying Pershing and cruise missiles in Western Europe targeting the Warsaw Pact. Neither Taiwan nor the United States has made a comparable response to the Chinese missile buildup.

Has acquired almost 300 Sukhoi Su-27 fighters and Su-30 fighter-bombers, the latter of which are to be equipped with supersonic antiship missiles with ranges up to 200 miles. These fourth-generation Russian fighters and fighter-bombers are more than a match for the badly outnumbered U.S. air superiority fighters currently based on Okinawa.

Has purchased two Sovremenny-class Russian destroyers armed with supersonic Sunburn antiship missiles, designed by Moscow to sink Aegis cruisers and aircraft carriers, and twelve long-range Kilo-class diesel submarines with cruise missiles. China is also developing her own nuclear submarines. These vessels are being purchased with the carriers Nimitz, Truman, Kennedy, Lincoln, and Reagan in mind.

Has purchased and copied the French Exocet antiship missile.

Is developing laser weapons to blind U.S. satellites, and radar satellites to see through clouds to keep U.S. ships in her sights.