What China's Military Parade and Newest Jets Tell Us About the Battle For Air Supremacy
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And I'm Tracy Alloway.
Tracy, did you catch any of the clips from the big uh Chinese military parade?
I did. I did. So this was the this is actually really good timing. So we're recording this. They really
know how to put on a parade. They really know how to put on a military parade.
We're recording this on September 4th. Uh, we just had a massive military parade in Beijing that Xi Xin Bing put on. This was while Putin was there and also Kim Jong-un. And there were tanks, there were helicopters, there were lots and lots of drones, nuclear-capable missiles. There were robot dogs. Robot wolves. Oh. Much more sinister. There were also 80,000 doves to mark uh China's victory in World War II. two and I have to say when I first saw that I was reading a translation of the parade and it said 80,000 pigeons. And I thought like, wait a second, are we bringing back carrier pigeons for military use or what? But it's 80,000 symbolic doves.
So you're of the view that China won World War Two. No, that's a joke. I don't want to I'm not interested in Is that what
the episode's I'm not
interested in getting into debates about attribute uh that's actually I'm not that interested in that topic. I feel like that would be a a big diversion. But yes, whenever I see the I don't know, I don't know anything about weapons. I'm like a bad man in that respect. No, I feel I'm a
what happened to all the military history books you're reading? I guess those are outdated weapons.
I'm interested in like sort of the economics of the politics, but when I see people posting about oh wow, this is a fourth gen hypersonic, whatever I like, I have no idea. It's probably like what some people think about when you and I post about, you know, the UK two ten linkers spread or whatever. Something like that.
You know it means something when you don't know what.
You know it also is like, okay, a lot of people like to flex their knowledge at tim again, a lot of men on the internet like to uh flex their knowledge about stuff like that.
Everyone wants to be an armchair military strategist or procurement specialist.
All that being said, there are a couple of things that I'm interested in. One is sort of did the military parade tell us anything new about the state of the art of Chinese military technology? But also, you know, of course, several months ago, there was a sort of brief conflict between India and Pakistan. It was sort of, I believe, earlier in the summer or late spring, and there were battles between fighter jets. And for a moment there was a lot of question about did this reveal something? Mm-hmm. About the state of the art of who has the best Air Force, who has the best Air Force technology, and everyone was like pouring over the data to see what we learned. And so it is a good time to maybe get a temperature check on some of these questions about who has the best weapons and the concerns or the anxiety in DC about where we stand, where our allies stand, and so forth.
Lots of interesting questions being raised right now.
Right. And there's clearly a lot of angst about the US's position in terms of military power right now. Totally. I gotta say, when it comes to India Pakistan, everything I know about India Pakistan um air force tensions comes from the Bollywood movie Veer Zara.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–4:28
2
What did the recent Chinese military parade reveal about its air capabilities?
4:28–21:57
3
Why were no new sixth‑generation fighters shown at the parade?
21:57–26:35
4
How is China’s emphasis on drones changing its air‑warfare strategy?
26:35–42:39
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