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jgmiller

(383 posts)
25. This just proves what we already know
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 04:04 PM
Nov 2021

China's military is NOT stupid. This is what they should be doing and what we probably do now with digital assets to them and Russia.

The US navy has repainted their aggressor squadron planes in typical Chinese paint schemes so at least someone over here is on the ball.

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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