The Hudson Institue recently released a report on the real threat America faces for the next half century, and no, it’s not terrorists. It’s China. I’ll let the AFP story set the stage: 

Beijing’s rapid technological advances mean that the United States “must plan seriously” for its development of weapons of greater complexity and power, said the study by the Hudson Institute, a Washington-based conservative think tank.

The report, entitled “China’s New Great Leap Forward: High Technology and Military Power in the Next Half-Century,” warned that the US government is too preoccupied with its “war on terror” and democratisation of the Middle East and Central Asia.

Hmmm, sounds like some things I’ve been saying for a while. And so does this:

Since the September 11, 2001 Al-Qaeda attacks, the United States has largely focused on the “cunning, soul-less but essentially low-tech predator: the terrorist,” the study said.

“Yet those other realms of warfare that occupied us prior to 9/11 — information, naval, and above all aerospace — still constitute the nucleus of the new RMA (revolution in military affairs),” it said.

I’ll write it once again for those of you that weren’t paying attention the last time: the War on Terror, while at center stage for the time being, is a side show in the long run. The whole report is $14 from Hudson’s website, and I’m tempted to pay it.

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