In recent days, news of substantial breakthroughs in China's two major stealth fighter jets, air and sea, has swept across the headlines of various Western military media outlets. This kind of news has also greatly stimulated the US military itself.

Recently, the second in command of the US military rarely talked about their true feelings.

On October 29th, China's Global Times noticed that General John Haydn, the second in command of the Pentagon and vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, angrily criticized the current situation in the United States during a meeting.

This person claims that the current development of China's military capabilities is too astonishing and has reached a "shocking" level. However, the development of military research in the United States has been subjected to "cruel" internal bureaucratic suppression, which is too disappointing.

General John Haydn believes that, given China's rapidly developing military capabilities at this stage, the United States has only two options: one is to directly use direct and violent means to force it to stop its development momentum; Another is to quietly wait for China's development trajectory and pace, and quickly catch up with Russia and the United States. Unfortunately, the US military may not be able to afford the cost of the previous choice now.

Immediately, when it comes to the issue of the current speed of research and development in the United States. Admiral Haydn's mentality has clearly collapsed. He publicly named the US Department of Defense, and internal personnel have become the biggest obstacle to the development of the US military. The bureaucratic mentality has led to extremely slow and even unbelievable efficiency in handling anything.

This person stated that with the current technological accumulation of the US military, the speed of its military development should have been faster, but the established institutional system is too burdensome.

Such a straightforward statement undoubtedly surprised the outside world. Although it was indeed a real problem, given the current political atmosphere in the United States, to some extent, General Haydn directly offended the vast majority of people within the US military.

However, soon American media pointed out that according to some regulations of the US military, General John Haydn will retire next month, so this is his last public speech as the second in command of the US military. So when it comes to discussing issues, there's no need to be as tactful as before. You can be too lazy to care about some people's feelings.

It is worth noting that although Admiral Haydn repeatedly mentioned China in his speech, Russia remains the biggest and most urgent threat in the future strategic thinking of the US military.

Source: Military Intelligence of Strong Countries