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An annual report from the US Department of Defense highlights growing PLA capabilities at sea, in space and in cutting-edge technology, which it says directly threaten the US and its allies.
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00:00The U.S. Defense Department says China is expanding its capabilities at sea, in space, and in technology.
00:07An annual report to Congress says China wants to be able to win a war against Taiwan by 2027
00:12and to eventually replace the U.S. as the world's top military power.
00:18The report highlighted Beijing's plans to build nine aircraft carriers by 2035. It currently has three.
00:23It also mentioned China's expanding cyber capabilities, which it said threatened U.S. infrastructure.
00:30The report said China is suspected to have satellites that can attack the satellites of other nations
00:34and that Beijing wants to expand its nuclear arsenal to 1,000 warheads in the next five years.
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