The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is preparing for conflict with the United States and learning from ongoing wars that are redefining how future battles may unfold. A critical lesson emerging from today’s conflicts is that assets positioned behind enemy lines in peacetime can be activated with devastating effect in wartime.
Israel’s Operation Rising Lion succeeded in decimating Iranian military infrastructure and eliminating senior military leaders not only through superior platforms, munitions, and intelligence, but also through low-cost, unmanned systems launched from within Iran itself. Similarly, in Operation Spider’s Web, Ukraine struck at the heart of Russian airpower using covertly deployed UAVs pre-positioned in Russia, damaging or destroying at least 20 strategic aircraft across five oblasts.
China is undoubtedly studying these operations, recognizing that the ability to operate from within US borders through surveillance, sabotage, or pre-placed systems could prove decisive in a future conflict. These examples should serve as a wake-up call for American policymakers: the Chinese Communist Party’s acquisition of US farmland, including near sensitive military installations, is not merely an economic concern but a strategic threat.
What was it Lenin said about capitalists selling him rope?