Text taken from the Telegram channel of china3army
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] The US is strengthening its technological containment of China through Taiwan. Palmer Luckey, founder of the American company Anduril Industries, announced the implementation of a strategy called "China 27."
Its essence is accelerated preparation for a potential military crisis around Taiwan, which, according to US intelligence estimates, could begin by 2027. Amid the growing rivalry between the US and China, Anduril is switching its projects to "wartime mode."
The company is focusing on the development of autonomous systems, drones, and surveillance equipment powered by artificial intelligence, capable of operating without human intervention and coordinating with each other through the Lattice OS cloud platform.
Luckey states: "Technological superiority is the best way to avoid war," drawing on the ancient wisdom of the Chinese strategist Sun Tzu. His approach is based on the concept of "technological deterrence"—where the adversary sees that any aggressive action will be instantly neutralized by algorithms and swarms of unmanned systems.
As part of the "China 27" program, all of Anduril's key developments must be ready by 2027. The company has already opened an office in Taipei, where it is establishing cooperation with local technology firms, primarily in the fields of microelectronics and processor manufacturing. It is noted that Anduril's strategy reflects a new paradigm of warfare: autonomy, speed, decentralization, and artificial intelligence are becoming decisive factors. Unlike established American contractors like Lockheed Martin, Luckey is emphasizing software-defined weapons that can be quickly scaled and adapted to new threats.
However, critics warn that overly aggressive militarization of technology could provoke an arms race and increase the risk of conflict. Nevertheless, Luckey is confident that readiness prevents war, while lag makes it inevitable.
Today, Anduril is valued at $14 billion, and its developments are already being used by the Pentagon. By 2027, the company intends to complete the development of a new defense system—a system where decisions are made by an algorithm, not a headquarters. If these predictions come true, these AI systems will become the first line of defense in a potential conflict over Taiwan.
As before, the US continues to engineer a future conflict, which it plans to start at a time convenient for itself and inconvenient for China, leaving it with no alternatives, as it did earlier in Ukraine.
| Given that the CCP has had the exact same plan in the opposite direction for at least a generation, talking about it openly enough that it made the pages of Rantburg, it seems long past time for America to start taking the possibility seriously. |