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2023-02-24 China-Japan-Koreas

China's naval fleet is growing and the US 'can't keep up' with the warship buildup as Beijing uses its sea power to project an 'increasingly aggressive military posture globally,' Navy Secretary warns

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-02-24 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [13 views ] Top
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#1 More quazillion dollar ships and LCSs for the wins!

Posted by mossomo 2023-02-24 12:37|| 2023-02-24 12:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Said China has 340 active warships, compared to about 280 for the US Navy

How many are coastal vessels? Not usually used for force projection. Given how much China is now importing, how's the Anti-Submarine fleet?

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-02-24 13:41|| 2023-02-24 13:41|| Front Page Top

#3 When nobody reads the stuff old white guys wrote, maybe if it gets republished in Marvel Comic Book form with Wakandan Princes saying it:

\https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Thayer_Mahan

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-02-24 13:44|| 2023-02-24 13:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Giving how China manufactures consumer products processes food and builds apartment buildings, I am not that afraid of their navy or their Air Force

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2023-02-24 15:00|| 2023-02-24 15:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Sufficient for shuttle craft to Taiwan.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-02-24 15:51|| 2023-02-24 15:51|| Front Page Top

#6 Mahan was a visionary.

Long cry from men in skirts wanting to play doctor.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-02-24 15:54|| 2023-02-24 15:54|| Front Page Top

#7 Ships don't kill ships. Airpower does.

Posted by Ebbains Threrenter5475 2023-02-24 18:53|| 2023-02-24 18:53|| Front Page Top

#8 @#7 - Gotta think our subs will do some good work also.

Posted by Bankok Billy 2023-02-24 21:55|| 2023-02-24 21:55|| Front Page Top

#9 You are right. But anti-ship missile equipped bombers can target a much larger area and bring much more mass of firepower at the expense of persistence. You can't hide ships in the ocean anymore. Too much surveillance - air, sea and space based.

Posted by Ebbains Threrenter5475 2023-02-24 22:45|| 2023-02-24 22:45|| Front Page Top

#10 The Russians had a large fleet during tithe Russo-Japanese War. The Kamchatka was the most famous. To even the numbers, we could recommission everything that still floats In Philadelphia. Quantity does not always make a difference.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-02-24 23:23|| 2023-02-24 23:23|| Front Page Top

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