The Pentagon claimed China had the most active programme to buy and develop ballistic missiles of any country in the world. The TelegraphChina's Military Buildup: How Far Along Is It? -- Hindustan Times/Reuters
China's faster-than-expected military buildup has alarmed the United States and its Asian allies and could help the Pentagon gird against deeper defense cuts threatened in some corners of Congress.
But even though the sophistication of China's People's Liberation Army has
exceeded US military forecasts, there is a recognition within the Pentagon that some of its most-cited conventional capabilities are still in their infancy.
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