Saturday, August 3, 2019

The Ukrainian/Chinese Aircraft Carrier Liaoning


Or as the US Navy would call it: A Target.


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  2. Sshhhh! We like to let the Chinese think they have a chance. Until they don’t that is.

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  3. Most countries build carriers like the Liaoning. They are simple, cheap and reliable. They are useful in a variety of roles including sea control and amphibious landing support.

    They do not match up against a Nimitz, but China is building a Nimitz class carrier, perhaps as many as four. In the meantime, our new Ford class continues to be a disaster. Only two of the 11 ammunition elevators work, so the Ford would be essentially defenseless against the Liaoning.

    The Chinese are slowly building a military and an economy that is superior to ours, while our leaders debate their gender pronouns. There is now freight train service from China to Iran. Two week vs. six by sea. China has a manned space program. We beg for seats on Russian Soyuz and use Russian rocket motors to launch our spy satellites.

    Who do you think has a chance?

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  4. Sykes.1, Been to the industrial heartland of China and Hong Kong and Taiwan. The on the ground reality is that the capitalist Asian build better internal infrastructure than the communist Asian. Ever seen a building just fall over on its side? Go to China. That aircraft carrier is a very old Russian ship that they have had for a long time, finally got it out to sea a few years ago. No carrier class airplanes though.

    I don't see the Chi-Coms surviving a protracted global conflict as their solution is to keep throwing people at the problem. You can always get another Chinaman is actually their thinking. First strike nukes will give them tactical superiority for about 5 minutes before the counter strike is launched just from our sub fleet.

    No, the Chinese leadership viewed the US under Obama as a paper tiger. Under Trump no so much, the tariffs got the NK's to be freer from the ChiCom control. The ChiComs think that they can wait out Trump and deal with a more supplicant Democrat President. The world will be screwed if that happens as there will be a rush into the power vacuum. Expect the Russians and the ChiComs to try to influence the election to the Dems in a few key states. The cabal (Deep State) is going all in on this election cycle to clear out the old guard and install new puppets for 2024. By the way, there is an old Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times."

    Spin

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