China seeks to usurp with "new concept weapons"
For a couple of decades the Chinese concept of "Assassin's Mace"
weapons was frequently referred to. This comes from the Chinese term
shashoujian, a hero from ancient Chinese folklore who overcame more powerful enemies by wielding a club and
attacking the enemy suddenly outside the rules.
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He described it as follows: "In the mid- to late 2000s, PLA writers approached NCW more holistically, broadly defining them as
weapons that embodied technological innovation and breakthroughs. NCW were said to have the potential to deliver 'surprise effects', and could fundamentally change the patterns and efficacies of military activities."
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Concept Weapons as discussed within
China in the past decade. Previously,
China would divide them into the broad categories of energy
weapons as a "new sword", information
weapons as a "force multiplier" and
biological/chemical weapons as an "invisible card". Such divisions are largely giving way to a
weapon's effects rather than its source.
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Examples in the third category of biological/chemical New Concept Weapons are genetics (e.g. gene
editing or genetic virus weapons) or non-lethal/disabling chemical
weapons. This broad category is interesting given the accusations
some have made that COVID-19 was originally developed by the PLA in a Wuhan laboratory close to the epicenter of the global outbreak.
Hong Kong, May 5 (ANI): Methods of waging war developed rapidly in the last century, as machine guns dominated World War I, and aircraft and tanks rose to the fore in World War II. The technology of war continues to evolve, and China is among those at the forefront of seeking new ways to...
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