Beijing has accelerated missile production to unprecedented levels, dragging along technology companies that previously manufactured civilian components. According to Reuters, thermal camera and fiber optic companies now report record profits by integrating into the country's most ambitious military program. Xi Jinping promotes this merger as a strategic economic engine.
Dual-use technology: from fiber optics to attack vector 🚀
Companies that produced sensors for agricultural drones or telecommunications cables are converting their lines toward military components. High-capacity fiber optics are now used in guidance systems, while civilian thermal cameras are adapted for target seekers. The Chinese government incentivizes this duality with state contracts that guarantee stable demand and high margins, without the need to radically change supply chains.
Your next router might fly in a missile 🎯
If you ever wondered why your new Chinese thermal camera took so long to arrive, it might have had technical stopovers at a military base. Now, when you buy cheap fiber optics for your home, think that the surplus batch could end up guiding a projectile. State capitalism has these details: one day you manufacture routers and the next you become a defense supplier without changing your job position.