China'S show of military strength

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Whilst agreeing with the above I'd still put them third in overall capability behind the US and Russia.

Depends on the metric you use for miliary power.


In some they are indeed 3rd, for example in terms of strategic nuclear forces.


In some they are 2nd, for example in major surface combatants (or navy outside of nuclear submarines for that matter).