WHO SPENDS MORE ON THEIR MILITARY AND DEFENSE BUDGET?

21 May WHO SPENDS MORE ON THEIR MILITARY AND DEFENSE BUDGET?

Who spends more on their military and defense budget?

Both spend roughly the same

The United States

China

What percent of American naval ships sunk or seriously
damaged since the end of World War II was struck by mines?

20%

0%

80%

40%

3.Since the 1960s, China has fought wars with former friends
and allies that include India, the Soviet Union, and Vietnam. In each case:

China was attacked first

China attacked first

Sometimes China was attacked first, other times China
attacked first

The Third Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1995-1996 illustrates the
strategic importance of:

Both 1 and 2

2. Naval superiority

1. Air superiority

Are Chinese ballistic missile submarines likely now capable
of striking American cities with nuclear warheads?

Yes or No

From China’s perspective, America’s preeminence in
space-based command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance or so-called “C4ISR” is:

2. America’s most glaring military weakness

1. America’s greatest military strength

Both 1 and 2

7.How many nuclear warheads does China have stockpiled
beneath its “Great Underground Wall”?

3000

It is impossible to know because of a lack of Chinese
transparency

30

300

China’s anti-ship ballistic missile is:

Both 1 and 2

1. An asymmetric weapon

2. Designed to hit American aircraft carriers

China’s “Three Warfares” does NOT include:

Psychological warfare

Media warfare

Legal warfare

Kinetic warfare

The claim that war is likely between a rising power like
China and an established power like the United States is referred to as the:

Anti-Access, Area Denial

Thucydides Trap

Security dilemma

Asymmetric Warfare

What is the Thucydides’ Trap described in the article, “The
Thucydides Trap: Are the U.S. and China Headed for War?”

a. A metaphor for the likelihood that the challenge of a
rising power will end in war with the established power

Both a and b

All of these

c. A strategic power play made by rising powers that “traps”
an established power in decisions that eventually result in its downfall

b. A cognitive trap in the thinking of the leaders of a
rising power that often results in failed negotiations and war

Which of the following is listed in “How China Deals With
U.S. Strategy to Contain China” as BOTH a strategy the U.S. has taken to
contain China as well as a counter-strategy for China to adopt?

b. Launch public opinion wars

All of these

Both a and b

a. Make use of military exercises and stimulated warfare

c. Demonstrate an ability to launch a space war and destroy
space/satellite facilities

What is the late 20th century Chinese policy known as “hide
and bide” as explained in “The Thucydides Trap: Are the U.S. and China Headed
for War?”

None of these

b. A Chinese policy through which military forces bided in
China and hide from attacks of neighboring countries

a. A Chinese policy in which it bided time to prepare
attacks and take over its neighboring countries

c. China’s entrance into the global market through biding
its time and hiding its capabilities until it became stronger

Both a and b

In “Why China’s Rise Will Not Be Peaceful,” Mearsheimer
predicts that as China tries to dominate Asia the way the U.S. dominates the
Western Hemisphere, it is likely to do all of the following EXCEPT:

Dictate the boundaries of acceptable behaviors to its
neighboring countries

Draft its own version of a document similar to the U.S.’s
Monroe Doctrine

Maximize the power gap between itself and its neighbors

Seek military superiority such that it can conquer
neighboring Asian countries

Attempt to push the U.S. out of Asia

According to “Liu Huaqing, RIP,” which U.S. Navy leader’s
ideas did Liu’s maritime strategies resemble most closely?

b. Farrugut’s decisions of acting with “full speed ahead”
when in proximity to opposing fleets

Both a and b

a. Jones’ tactics of surprising enemies and then proceeding
to conquer their fleets

c. Mahan’s goals of robust industrial production and access
to vital regions

None of these