The US know they have no chance against a military competition with China, China now only use a tiny finger in military building-up and yet the US already feel the heat and can barely keep up with China.
And the US dollar is highly overestimated, China produce half of the world's heavy industrial output, including steel, machineary and toolings etc, around 6-10X of that of the US.
And China's military spending is only 1/4 of the US measured by US dollar, yet China have already produced much more warships and fighters than the US, this just show you how much water in the US dollar.
No wonder a brand new 055 which is far far superior to any ddg US have, only cost 0.83 billion USD in China, whilst the repair of the cargo-striked stone-age PESA DDG cost 1 billion in the US, this just give you the idea about how huge the gap between the real purchasing power.
Thats the exact reason the US fear an arms race with China, they know they will fall short, and China become more and more welcome an arms race, and they are more open to show off their fancy new war machines to invite the US to enter this race to its own bankruptcy.
Judging by the domestic chaos and China's arms race bait, I think the US will be lucky to be around for another decade or two, you know, in 1980 few people would know the soviet would collapse in 10 years, so do the US this time.
Now it is the critical moment for China to surpass the US in both GDP and military technology, and China doesn't want a setback that caused by India.
And the US is wishing to push India ahead to cause this setback for China.
I dont agree with you here:
A war between China and india will only make China rise more rapidly.
We all know the US wont sit still to wait for China to replace them, they will throw all their pet dogs to try to hurdle China.
But after crushed india and their crap west weapons, the world will have a nice taste of today's China military might and China's strong will/commitment to defend her national interests, and a great brand-enhancement of China and her military hardware for exportation. And the US will not be able to order their dogs to bite China since even the dogs are afraid of being brutally killed, so instead China's rise will be accrelated.