China's five most dismissed weapons developed against the United States and its allies actually pose serious threats to the contest for control over the Western Pacific, according to a piece in National Interest magazine.
Due to the US military's heavy reliance on the electromagnetic spectrum and network of military satellites, China has devoted a huge amount of resources towards the development of weapons for space warfare. Of those, the first undercover weapon is the Tiangong space station. After the space station becomes operational in 2022, it could be fitted with anti-satellite weapons developed to blind US military forces and cut off their intelligence.
The second unnoticed weapon China has is its manufacturing base, according to the article. China, still holding onto the title of the "world's factory," produces everything from barbeque grills to iPhones. In the case of the iPhone, manufacturers have set aside 100 production lines manned by 200,000 workers, churning out an astounding 540,000 iPhones a day by late 2014. With this kind of capability, China would be well able to mass produce weapons systems.
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