A growing military partnership between Russia and China is raising urgent alarm bells in Washington, with retired U.S. military leaders warning that the two nations are trading technologies and capabilities specifically designed to erode American military advantages. At the heart of the concern is Taiwan — and what a more capable Chinese military could mean for the United States in a future conflict in the Pacific.

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The warning comes from a respected military voice backed by corroborating testimony from the commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, painting a picture of a coordinated adversarial relationship that demands the attention of every American who prays for the safety and security of this nation.

From Fox News:

Retired Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery tells Fox News Digital that Moscow may be providing Beijing with technology to make its submarines harder for the U.S. Navy to detect, potentially eroding a key military advantage in the tensions over Taiwan.

“Russia is giving incredibly important technology to China. They’re allegedly giving them submarine quieting technology,” Montgomery, co-author of the new book “Axis of Aggressors,” told Fox News Digital.

Montgomery said Russian forces are providing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) with submarine-quieting technology, an area where China has long sought to improve its capabilities. Such a transfer, he warned, could weaken a critical U.S. advantage in undersea warfare — a gap that has long favored American forces.

The warning is not new, but it is growing more urgent. Admiral Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, raised similar concerns before the Senate Armed Services Committee in April 2025, saying China was receiving “potentially submarine quieting help” from Russia as part of a broader military exchange. Paparo described the relationship between Moscow and Beijing as a “transactional symbiosis” — China provides Russia with the industrial support to sustain its war in Ukraine, and Russia returns the favor with military technology it had previously been reluctant to share. According to Paparo, Beijing supplied 70% of the machine tools and 90% of the legacy chips that enabled Russia to rebuild its war machine after Western sanctions.

The stakes are particularly acute when it comes to Taiwan. American submarines are central to U.S. military planning for any potential conflict in the Indo-Pacific, and quieter Chinese vessels would significantly complicate the Navy’s ability to track and deter the People’s Liberation Army. Montgomery describes the dynamic plainly: America’s adversaries are no longer acting independently — they are pooling their strengths to offset American advantages across both Europe and the Pacific. “This transactional relationship is putting the United States and its most important allies and partners at risk,” he said. The Chinese Embassy denied any aggressive intent, saying its military cooperation with Russia “adheres to the principles of non-alliance, non-confrontation, and non-targeting of third parties,” but did not directly address whether Beijing had received submarine-quieting technology.

Scripture calls us to “be sober-minded” and “watchful” because real threats exist in the world (1 Peter 5:8). The growing military alliance between Russia and China is not an abstract geopolitical footnote — it is a concrete and escalating threat to the peace and security that allows the church to worship freely and the gospel to spread. Christians are called to pray for those in authority over our military and foreign policy, asking God to grant wisdom, strength, and discernment to leaders who must navigate an increasingly dangerous world. Praying for peace does not mean ignoring danger; it means bringing that danger before the God who holds every nation in His hands.

How are you praying for our nation’s military leaders and for peace amid growing global threats? Share your prayers and scriptures in the comments below.

(Excerpt from Fox News. Photo Credit: Maxim Shemetov – China Pool/Getty Images)