CEVAP:

• China’s ground forces: 1.9 million personnel, 14,000 tanks, 14,500 artillery units, 453 helicopters.
• China’s air force: 470,000 personnel, 2,556 jet fighters, 400 ground attack planes.
• China’s navy: 250,000 personnel, 66 submarines, 27 destroyers, 52 frigates and 1 aircraft carrier.
• China’s missile arsenal: 100,000 personnel, 140 nuclear missiles, 1,000 conventional theater missiles.
• New weapons: The Dong Feng 21D is a land-based missile capable of striking an aircraft carrier as far as 2,000 miles offshore.
• Pentagon officials believe that China has secretly built a base capable of housing up to 20 nuclear submarines on Hainan Island.
• China has now advanced and tested its first stealth fighter jet, the J-20. The U.S. is the only other country in the world to have a stealth fighter