WELTMACHT IN LAUERSTELLUNG: Wie Chinas militärische Macht wächst und Russland hilft | WELT Thema

Friday marks the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine and February 24 is a turning point. At the security conference, the best once again made it clear that he is on the side of Ukraine, but now there are reports from the US government and after this report. China is probably planning to deliver weapons and ammunition to Russia. My colleague Marian Grunden Marian is in my studio, so this weekend report surprised a lot of people. China is apparently considering supplying weapons to Russia. Allies that Russia still has and we take a look at China's

milit

ary because China has a total of 2.3 million soldiers and therefore a huge army, and it has continued to arm itself in recent years and has significantly expanded its

milit

ary. budget of 295 billion, which is still 500 billion less than the US, but China is second overall.

The People's Liberation Army, as it is called, actually has 6000 tanks and many of them are now self-produced, such as the qn5006, this model is a. modern support tank It is used for urban street fights, which could be interesting for those in Russia, for example in Bakhmut in these cities it is important to have these small tanks and in fact this tank is not exported. and is sold as a complete model, but you can also modify this battle tower on top and then bolt it to old Soviet tanks, so it would be very interesting for Russia to obtain this technology.

China has not yet commented on the matter, but. This model was produced to have these export opportunities. In theory, China has 2,500 aircraft in total and the navy is the largest in the world, so the navy is actually larger than, for example, the US with 350 combat ships, aircraft. Of course, cyber warfare is becoming increasingly important. Russia constantly attacks other countries, but also China, and billions are invested in the development of quantum computers. but we also look at what China, like China, is already supporting and giving to Russia. There are several things that the United States accuses and says: China is no longer supplying weapons to Russia, but it is providing information on how they can attack Ukraine more actively. and there is, for example, space-time China, which is a satellite supplier and has in fact supplied satellite images to the Wagner mercenary group and we remember that 50,000 Wagner mercenaries are supposed to be active in Ukraine and can spy on where their positions. in Ukraine and then attack them precisely after that came to light after these accusations were published, but then this company was sanctioned by the US, but space-time actually has a headquarters not only in China but also in Luxembourg, so this company is active all over the world and then there.

Non-lethal equipment is also used that was delivered to Russia by China or with which Russia repeatedly fights against Ukraine and these are, for example, commercial drones from the manufacturer DJI, which many people also know from the hobby sector, drones with cameras. and similar things, but here in particular drones that are supposed to provide support and discover the positions of Ukraine, but we'll see. Let's see again in the near future how things really are here in Russia because right now Russia is running out of weapons. , so to speak, the ammunition is inferior and some of it is 40 years old and some of it really flies around the ears of the Russians.

They are no longer in such good condition that they even explode in your hands when it comes to grenades. but there is also a high failure rate, so ammunition that does not explode as it should is not fired correctly, so in reality there are big problems with the supply of ammunition but also with high-tech components. The Russians actually lack these high-tech components. for example, technical chips or semiconductor systems, but they are also necessary and extremely important to achieve high speeds and precision in weapons and then upgrade everything. The most devastating thing for Easter is probably that between 2000 and 2300 Russian tanks are actually missing and the big problem is that the tanks that are still there are also missing components, which means, for example, that Russian tank drivers have to Getting by without thermal cameras or night vision cameras and this of course, especially in the dark winter months, if you want to operate in the dark, it is fatal because of course you will be an easy target if you are really blind at night and that is what they are trying to do right now to simplify the systems, which means the Russians are out with very simple tanks.

Many of these technical conditions no longer exist and that of course makes it difficult and of course now China has to source the components to be able to improve itself even further, so it would be quite a dangerous combination if China really dared to supply to Russia. In fact, pressure is mounting on China not to do exactly that, thanks for the overview, our World TV station provides you with the latest news and background reports 24 hours a day. Here we highlight the most important topics of the day and rank what happens to you as we watch. You can easily find us on television by starting the channel search on your television.

Instructions can be found at the link above along with an explanation of how to do it. Then you can receive us via satellite cable broadcast IPTV Hello and welcome here at Welt, if you want to get more news from our team, you should click here if you are looking for interesting documentaries and solid reports, follow this path and if you want to subscribe. world and you want to rediscover it then click here