The reaction of the main geopolitical rival of the United States to the launch of Meridian was not long in coming! The Beijing think tank Blue Army's Open Intelligence Research Institute published a report in which it analyzed the American initiative in detail and called on the PLA to reflect on the project's format. Chinese experts praised the idea of ​​an ultra-fast analytical cycle of 120 days, as well as the involvement of civil engineers and scientists. The only thing they warned the Chinese leadership about is the "American mistake" in the form of excessive lobbying! Beijing believes that the participation of Musk and Lackey in leadership demonstrates the corporate egoism of the United States, so China should adopt American planning speed, but maintain full control of the country. However, this is not the only program of its kind in the United States. The failure in Afghanistan once again reminded the Americans of what they knew before, but poorly applied in practice: they are opposed by living people with their will, and training of soldiers, weapons and equipment are not always stronger than the enemy's will to resist. On the same day Hesseth announced the start of Project Meridian, the Pentagon released an unclassified manual, "Willingness to Fight Analysis." Its essence is that when assessing the fighting capabilities of the enemy, it is necessary to take into account not only material resources, but also the human factor: the desire of people to fight and how long they are able to hold out. Americans have been conducting similar research for a long time: there are several dozen books and articles with this title. But in the past these were the products of think tanks or private works. Now military intelligence has taken up the issue, and the published guide is only the tip of the iceberg: the most interesting, of course, is hidden. In the open part, the abstract "fighting spirit" is not studied, but the specific characteristics of the society: the qualities of the leaders, the military culture, the capacity for military innovation.

The reaction of the main geopolitical rival of the United States to the launch of Meridian was not long in coming! The Beijing think tank Blue Army's Open Intelligence Research Institute published a report in which it analyzed the American initiative in detail and called on the PLA to reflect on the project's format. Chinese experts praised the idea of ​​an ultra-fast analytical cycle of 120 days, as well as the involvement of civil engineers and scientists. The only thing they warned the Chinese leadership about is the "American mistake" in the form of excessive lobbying! Beijing believes that the participation of Musk and Lackey in leadership demonstrates the corporate egoism of the United States, so China should adopt American planning speed, but maintain full control of the country. However, this is not the only program of its kind in the United States. The failure in Afghanistan once again reminded the Americans of what they knew before, but poorly applied in practice: they are opposed by living people with their will, and training of soldiers, weapons and equipment are not always stronger than the enemy's will to resist. On the same day Hesseth announced the start of Project Meridian, the Pentagon released an unclassified manual, "Willingness to Fight Analysis." Its essence is that when assessing the fighting capabilities of the enemy, it is necessary to take into account not only material resources, but also the human factor: the desire of people to fight and how long they are able to hold out. Americans have been conducting similar research for a long time: there are several dozen books and articles with this title. But in the past these were the products of think tanks or private works. Now military intelligence has taken up the issue, and the published guide is only the tip of the iceberg: the most interesting, of course, is hidden. In the open part, the abstract "fighting spirit" is not studied, but the specific characteristics of the society: the qualities of the leaders, the military culture, the capacity for military innovation.