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ThoughtCriminal

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15. This is pretty standard Chinese military practice
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 01:44 PM
Nov 2021

There are places where they build huge terrain models for potential land battle locations.

https://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/07/huge_scale_mode.html

It's a sort of "Analog Virtual Reality" for training and planning.

Of course they knew it would be seen by satellites. NurseJackie Nov 2021 #1
Not much concern on my part of the annual paper mache boats parade. Also don't see how Alexander Of Assyria Nov 2021 #3
Correct 4Q2u2 Nov 2021 #5
Various law enforcement agencies in the US have built mock city blocks. Igel Nov 2021 #31
Ha! The last one seems possible, too. NurseJackie Nov 2021 #33
I believe it was to test their new steerable IRBM warheads ability to hit that size target. nt EX500rider Nov 2021 #35
AP, another problem with the recent warmongering....China does this every year. Alexander Of Assyria Nov 2021 #2
We use real ships on the sea. marble falls Nov 2021 #4
Yes, and many many more than any other country, at obscene cost. Alexander Of Assyria Nov 2021 #6
Actually China has a larger navy by number of ships. EX500rider Nov 2021 #36
Larger, not near better. 14 carrier groups versus 4 for starters. Alexander Of Assyria Nov 2021 #46
This is the China that TFG accused bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 #7
Well, I suppose China sees the US ships in South China Sea and... TreasonousBastard Nov 2021 #8
Except the US is not dredging up islands in the Caribbean and then calling it US territory. EX500rider Nov 2021 #37
What China has done in the South China Sea, Calista241 Nov 2021 #43
Yes...you get it...it's called the China Sea, not the USA Sea...for a reason. Alexander Of Assyria Nov 2021 #47
So I guess the Gulf of Mexico belongs to Mexico? Or not... EX500rider Nov 2021 #49
Don't see Chinese warships plying the Gulf of Mexico, it's international waters tho, so they Alexander Of Assyria Nov 2021 #51
And I don't see the US trying to claim the Gulf of Mexico EX500rider Nov 2021 #52
It's interesting just a few weeks after we get out of Afghanistan China has become a big doc03 Nov 2021 #9
ikr bluewater Nov 2021 #30
General Mattis's 2018 National Defense Strategy prioritized China..... reACTIONary Nov 2021 #42
The media is just paying attention to it now. Calista241 Nov 2021 #44
The march to WW III continues. OneCrazyDiamond Nov 2021 #10
Th march parade gonna need more than paper floats. Alexander Of Assyria Nov 2021 #12
They use the news OneCrazyDiamond Nov 2021 #13
Chinese Parade Fred Garvin Nov 2021 #19
Since America outspends the next 8 nations combined on military...who has whose balls? Alexander Of Assyria Nov 2021 #34
They'll have a chance at destroying the models, I guess. Gore1FL Nov 2021 #11
China has one deep blue fleet, we have eleven AZLD4Candidate Nov 2021 #14
Your information is quite out of date sarisataka Nov 2021 #16
Okay. I just lived there for 12 years. what do I know? AZLD4Candidate Nov 2021 #22
Well, you were unaware sarisataka Nov 2021 #26
If the DPRC is anything like the USSR, Igel Nov 2021 #32
China Has ICBM's Fred Garvin Nov 2021 #18
Still a paper tiger. AZLD4Candidate Nov 2021 #24
Don't over estimate them, either. The US hs more ICBM missile subs than the Chinese ... marble falls Nov 2021 #40
Chinese wrinkled uniforms? Fred Garvin Nov 2021 #20
Those are the color guard. Everyone in China knows that is done for propaganda AZLD4Candidate Nov 2021 #23
It's hard to underestimate an army that got it's ass kicked three times by North Viet Nam ... marble falls Dec 2022 #53
This is pretty standard Chinese military practice ThoughtCriminal Nov 2021 #15
Oh, I feel so threatened! Mysterian Nov 2021 #17
Needs to be read: LudwigPastorius Nov 2021 #21
The best and the brightest syndrome here soryang Nov 2021 #39
This just proves what we already know jgmiller Nov 2021 #25
The ignorance of posters on this thread is remarkable. Evolve Dammit Nov 2021 #27
While I don't dismiss the Chinese military as a peaceful or as a harmless paper tiger Sapient Donkey Nov 2021 #28
imagine that, China preparing to protect itself from a proven aggressive / rogue superpower. KG Nov 2021 #29
I wonder who Taiwan & India & Tibet & Philippines etc think is the "rogue superpower" in the area EX500rider Nov 2021 #38
A mock warship pulled in a straight line on tracks Red Mountain Nov 2021 #41
We use standard containers for our weapons testing. Calista241 Nov 2021 #45
I imagine it is for testing the terminal target guidance system for the DF-21D ballistic missile EX500rider Nov 2021 #50
Loks Nice except jrandom421 Nov 2021 #48
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