I can see future operational reasons for the PRC learning more about those areas. “You fight the way you train,” right? I also sure Sun Tzu said something about making the most of all your opportunities.
Belt and Road. Belt and Road. all the goodies and markets China needs lie in Africa, mid-East, central Asia, Siberia....a bit of Australia. Need a decent Navy to absolutely dominate the Indian Ocean, Malacca Strait, keep pesky American's off our backs.
A lot easier to move armies westward than to try to rehash Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere; and those little central Asian countries? why, they're not really sovereign states anyway.....
Uhm, Siberia? lets make nice with old nemesis Russia, while we build up nuclear forces. Then we can wave a Sino-Russian MAD at em while we pull an Asian version of Barbarossa. (neat that Ukraine is bleeding them for us a bit)
Taiwan? phooey. let little bro NORKs start tossing a fit and stuff around, distract both the US and Japan, why, we can then slip over and reunify with no problem at all.
Lets build that Navy first though. Yep, let's do that........
It took about 15 years for the USN and IJN to go from experiments with carrier aviation to the Battle of Midway. The PLAN is about five years into this learning curve.
Also, watch for tests of coordinated MPRF and ASBM operations. The find-fix-fire chain has a lot of potential problems.
It is difficult for me to believe that those that "lead" the Navy do not take the Chinese more seriously. They have been very transparent in communicating what it is that they are in the process of doing. Apparently, in order to be on the top rungs all you have to do is buy into the woke messaging and be ignorant of what your job truly is in lieu of doing your duty.
"They have a long way to go up the learning curve in conducting carrier operations. They know it, but they are not discouraged.."
- Why? The first day/week of the war is going to go them and they will replay December 1941. We on the other hand won't be able be able to reprise even the carrier raids of February 1942.
We can only hope their ASW is atrocious and our skippers are allowed to go full Lockwood.
Unfortunately, a geographic barrier is only as good as the will and resources to defend it. The Phillipines is poor. South Korea and Japan face a demographic crisis. And which of them will voluntarily join a woke, weak, bankrupt, demoralized and corrupt USA? It is most likely that in any future conflict the US will stand alone. Why should White sailors fight and die for a culturecthat hates them and has no use for them? Why should Black and Hispanic sailors die for a culture they have been told is racist, sexist, homophobic and not worth defending? Especially when they are going to be outnumbered, outclassed, and will have 0 public support. I predict the PLAN is going to have a very easy time.
I just like the name: People’s Liberation Army Navy. 😂😂
When they play their annual football game against the People’s Liberation Army, is it the “Army Army Navy” game? Are some on the Army Navy side really just on the Army side and screw up on purpose to throw the game? Or the other way around? Or are there Army guys that play “both ways”?...I’m confused...
I can see future operational reasons for the PRC learning more about those areas. “You fight the way you train,” right? I also sure Sun Tzu said something about making the most of all your opportunities.
The CCP declaring that they were building up the PLAN to take the Pacific away from PACFLT, could be taken as a subtle hint as to their intentions.
War Plan Orange. China learned it. Backward to front.
When can we get a good IADS on Guam? Also, there's been some clearance of the old airfields at Tinian in the past decade. Let's run that again.
Belt and Road. Belt and Road. all the goodies and markets China needs lie in Africa, mid-East, central Asia, Siberia....a bit of Australia. Need a decent Navy to absolutely dominate the Indian Ocean, Malacca Strait, keep pesky American's off our backs.
A lot easier to move armies westward than to try to rehash Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere; and those little central Asian countries? why, they're not really sovereign states anyway.....
Uhm, Siberia? lets make nice with old nemesis Russia, while we build up nuclear forces. Then we can wave a Sino-Russian MAD at em while we pull an Asian version of Barbarossa. (neat that Ukraine is bleeding them for us a bit)
Taiwan? phooey. let little bro NORKs start tossing a fit and stuff around, distract both the US and Japan, why, we can then slip over and reunify with no problem at all.
Lets build that Navy first though. Yep, let's do that........
It took about 15 years for the USN and IJN to go from experiments with carrier aviation to the Battle of Midway. The PLAN is about five years into this learning curve.
Also, watch for tests of coordinated MPRF and ASBM operations. The find-fix-fire chain has a lot of potential problems.
They are practicing doing a Pearl Harbor on Guam but it will end up being another Battle of the Philippine Sea.
It is difficult for me to believe that those that "lead" the Navy do not take the Chinese more seriously. They have been very transparent in communicating what it is that they are in the process of doing. Apparently, in order to be on the top rungs all you have to do is buy into the woke messaging and be ignorant of what your job truly is in lieu of doing your duty.
Give them credit; if they win, they deserve to.
The CCP may “have the Americans in Guam staring them in the face” but I doubt if the Americans will do anything to thwart China’s actions.
If we are lucky the Chinese will allow us the eastern Pacific from Hawaii to California.
The days of freedom of the seas will be guaranteed by the Chinese Navy.
All according to the "Plan" ™ Global Elites.
Somehow I believe they won't like it when it happens.
Then the US will feel some sanctions.
"They have a long way to go up the learning curve in conducting carrier operations. They know it, but they are not discouraged.."
- Why? The first day/week of the war is going to go them and they will replay December 1941. We on the other hand won't be able be able to reprise even the carrier raids of February 1942.
We can only hope their ASW is atrocious and our skippers are allowed to go full Lockwood.
Unfortunately, a geographic barrier is only as good as the will and resources to defend it. The Phillipines is poor. South Korea and Japan face a demographic crisis. And which of them will voluntarily join a woke, weak, bankrupt, demoralized and corrupt USA? It is most likely that in any future conflict the US will stand alone. Why should White sailors fight and die for a culturecthat hates them and has no use for them? Why should Black and Hispanic sailors die for a culture they have been told is racist, sexist, homophobic and not worth defending? Especially when they are going to be outnumbered, outclassed, and will have 0 public support. I predict the PLAN is going to have a very easy time.
I just like the name: People’s Liberation Army Navy. 😂😂
When they play their annual football game against the People’s Liberation Army, is it the “Army Army Navy” game? Are some on the Army Navy side really just on the Army side and screw up on purpose to throw the game? Or the other way around? Or are there Army guys that play “both ways”?...I’m confused...