{"id":9704,"date":"2020-08-14T13:43:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T13:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/08\/14\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T20:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T20:59:14","slug":"getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/video\/2020\/08\/14\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting the facts behind China&#8217;s defense industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=0f867970-1842-4fae-bbaa-3a3bedefca50\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-0f867970-1842-4fae-bbaa-3a3bedefca50.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"viewable\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\" style=\"display:none\">Meia Nouwens, of the London-based think tank IISS,  speaks to Defense News on the state of the Chinese defense industry and how her team researched its size.<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meia Nouwens, of the London-based think tank IISS,  speaks to Defense News on the state of the Chinese defense industry and how her team researched its size.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":21048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-post-video","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":28,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[25,28],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1929],"class_list":["post-9704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-100","category-video","post_format-post-format-video"],"acf":{"subheadline":"Meia Nouwens, research fellow for Chinese defense policy and military modernization at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, speaks to Defense News on the state of the Chinese defense industry and how her team researched its size.","legacy_arc_id":"0f867970-1842-4fae-bbaa-3a3bedefca50","arc_canonical_url":"\/video\/2020\/08\/14\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Getting the facts behind China&#039;s defense industry - Defense News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Meia Nouwens, of the London-based think tank IISS, speaks to Defense News on the state of the Chinese defense industry and how her team researched its size.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Getting the facts behind China&#039;s defense industry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Meia Nouwens, of the London-based think tank IISS, speaks to Defense News on the state of the Chinese defense industry and how her team researched its size.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/video\/2020\/08\/14\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Defense News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-14T13:43:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-04T20:59:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Staff\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\n\t    \"@context\": \"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\n\t    \"@graph\": [\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Article\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/video\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/14\\\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\\\/#article\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/video\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/14\\\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"author\": {\n\t                \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"headline\": \"Getting the facts behind China&#8217;s defense industry\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2020-08-14T13:43:27+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-04T20:59:14+00:00\",\n\t            \"mainEntityOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/video\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/14\\\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"wordCount\": 8,\n\t            \"commentCount\": 0,\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/video\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/14\\\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/video-poster-0f867970-1842-4fae-bbaa-3a3bedefca50.jpg\",\n\t            \"articleSection\": [\n\t                \"Top 100 Companies\",\n\t                \"Video\"\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"CommentAction\",\n\t                    \"name\": \"Comment\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/video\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/14\\\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\\\/#respond\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/video\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/14\\\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\\\/\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/video\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/14\\\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Getting the facts behind China's defense industry - Defense News\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#website\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"primaryImageOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/video\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/14\\\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/video\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/14\\\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/video-poster-0f867970-1842-4fae-bbaa-3a3bedefca50.jpg\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2020-08-14T13:43:27+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-04T20:59:14+00:00\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Meia Nouwens, of the London-based think tank IISS, speaks to Defense News on the state of the Chinese defense industry and how her team researched its size.\",\n\t            \"breadcrumb\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/video\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/14\\\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\\\/#breadcrumb\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ReadAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/video\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/14\\\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\\\/\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/video\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/14\\\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\\\/#primaryimage\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/video-poster-0f867970-1842-4fae-bbaa-3a3bedefca50.jpg\",\n\t            \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/video-poster-0f867970-1842-4fae-bbaa-3a3bedefca50.jpg\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/video\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/14\\\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\\\/#breadcrumb\",\n\t            \"itemListElement\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 1,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Home\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"home\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 2,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Video\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/video\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"videos\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 3,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Getting the facts behind China&#8217;s defense industry\"\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebSite\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#website\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Defense News\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Covering the politics, business and technology of defense | Defense News\",\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"SearchAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"EntryPoint\",\n\t                        \"urlTemplate\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"\n\t                    },\n\t                    \"query-input\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"PropertyValueSpecification\",\n\t                        \"valueRequired\": true,\n\t                        \"valueName\": \"search_term_string\"\n\t                    }\n\t                }\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#organization\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Defense News\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/\",\n\t            \"logo\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/defensenews-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/defensenews-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"Defense News\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"\n\t            }\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\",\n\t            \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"migration\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/author\\\/migration\\\/\"\n\t        }\n\t    ]\n\t}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Getting the facts behind China's defense industry - Defense News","description":"Meia Nouwens, of the London-based think tank IISS, speaks to Defense News on the state of the Chinese defense industry and how her team researched its size.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Getting the facts behind China's defense industry","og_description":"Meia Nouwens, of the London-based think tank IISS, speaks to Defense News on the state of the Chinese defense industry and how her team researched its size.","og_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/video\/2020\/08\/14\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\/","og_site_name":"Defense News","article_published_time":"2020-08-14T13:43:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-04T20:59:14+00:00","author":"Staff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Staff"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/video\/2020\/08\/14\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/video\/2020\/08\/14\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\/"},"author":{"name":"migration","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1"},"headline":"Getting the facts behind China&#8217;s defense industry","datePublished":"2020-08-14T13:43:27+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-04T20:59:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/video\/2020\/08\/14\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\/"},"wordCount":8,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/video\/2020\/08\/14\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-0f867970-1842-4fae-bbaa-3a3bedefca50.jpg","articleSection":["Top 100 Companies","Video"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/video\/2020\/08\/14\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/video\/2020\/08\/14\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/video\/2020\/08\/14\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\/","name":"Getting the facts behind China's defense industry - Defense News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/video\/2020\/08\/14\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/video\/2020\/08\/14\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-0f867970-1842-4fae-bbaa-3a3bedefca50.jpg","datePublished":"2020-08-14T13:43:27+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-04T20:59:14+00:00","description":"Meia Nouwens, of the London-based think tank IISS, speaks to Defense News on the state of the Chinese defense industry and how her team researched its size.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/video\/2020\/08\/14\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/video\/2020\/08\/14\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/video\/2020\/08\/14\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-0f867970-1842-4fae-bbaa-3a3bedefca50.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-0f867970-1842-4fae-bbaa-3a3bedefca50.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/video\/2020\/08\/14\/getting-the-facts-behind-chinas-defense-industry\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/","ad_zone":"home"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Video","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/video\/","ad_zone":"videos"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Getting the facts behind China&#8217;s defense industry"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/","name":"Defense News","description":"Covering the politics, business and technology of defense | Defense News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#organization","name":"Defense News","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/defensenews-logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/defensenews-logo-white.png","caption":"Defense News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1","name":"migration","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"migration"},"url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/author\/migration\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Defense News","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews","push-errors":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-0f867970-1842-4fae-bbaa-3a3bedefca50.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9706,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9704\/revisions\/9706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9704"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=9704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}