China poses biggest military, cyber threat to US, intel chiefs say

26/3/2025 6:17

China remains the top military and cyber threat to the U.S., according to a report by U.S. intelligence agencies published on Tuesday that said Beijing was making "steady but uneven" progress on capabilities it could use to capture Taiwan.



China has the ability to hit the U.S. with conventional weapons; compromise U.S. infrastructure through cyber attacks; and target its assets in space, the Annual Threat Assessment by the intelligence community said, adding that Beijing also seeks to displace the U.S. as the top AI power by 2030.



Russia, along with Iran, North Korea and China, seeks to challenge the U.S. through deliberate campaigns to gain an advantage, with Moscow's war in Ukraine affording a "wealth of lessons regarding combat against Western weapons and intelligence in a large-scale war," the report said.