Miscellaneous News

[Chevalier]

If BRICS is supposed to emulate and replace the P5 UNSC states, then India clearly demonstrates how unworthy it is for the task at hand. The entire point of BRICS is to offer an alternative to the Anglo hegemony. India merely perpetuates Anglo hegemony by acting as its stooge.

 

[GulfLander]

"Elon Musk’s Optimus bot stole the show at Tesla’s robotaxi unveil—but the AI was all smoke and mirrors"​

Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

??

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1845671840980611510

 

[Chevalier]

"Elon Musk’s Optimus bot stole the show at Tesla’s robotaxi unveil—but the AI was all smoke and mirrors"​

Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

??

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1845671840980611510

Same energy

Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

This is like how Ancient Rome never got into the Industrial Revolution because it was too convenient to use slaves. Likewise, the Anglo led west will never advance in the 4th Industrial Revolution so long as they depend on employing Indians.

 

[Michaelsinodef]

If BRICS is supposed to emulate and replace the P5 UNSC states, then India clearly demonstrates how unworthy it is for the task at hand. The entire point of BRICS is to offer an alternative to the Anglo hegemony. India merely perpetuates Anglo hegemony by acting as its stooge.

The goal of BRICS is NOT supposed to emulate and replace P5 UNSC states.

It's more like a big open platform that is open for participation, helping in arranging bilateral agreements, but also multilateral agreements (could be evolved from bilateral ones).

And well, don't underestimate what the above can bring to the table, especially when there really isn't a similar platform on the international stage between states.

 

[kentchang]

The goal of BRICS is NOT supposed to emulate and replace P5 UNSC states.

It's more like a big open platform that is open for participation, helping in arranging bilateral agreements, but also multilateral agreements (could be evolved from bilateral ones).

And well, don't underestimate what the above can bring to the table, especially when there really isn't a similar platform on the international stage between states.

From a tree-structure which the single root node is the USA to a distributed/regional-hegemon architecture. To reduce the ability of any single nation from having too much leverage with focus on economics/trade rather than Western-style political/military alliances. EMEA (i.e. the Judeo-Christian world) is mono-theistic thus sees the world in black and white and loves to subdivide like cancerous cells and they haven't stopped fighting each other since the Roman Empire days. Best to build a high containment wall and ignore what happens within the walls. That is called World Peace.

 

[tokenanalyst]

"Elon Musk’s Optimus bot stole the show at Tesla’s robotaxi unveil—but the AI was all smoke and mirrors"​

Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

??

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1845671840980611510

The Mechanical Musk?

 

[coolgod]

Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

Chinese FM says humanitarian disasters in Gaza should not continue​

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday urged unimpeded access for humanitarian aid to Gaza, saying the humanitarian disasters in Gaza should not continue and that countering violence with violence cannot truly address the legitimate concerns of all parties.

Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks during his talks with Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz over the phone, calling for an immediate, complete and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all hostages.

Wang said the Chinese side hopes that all parties will act cautiously to avoid falling into a vicious circle amid tension between Israel and Iran, adding that China believes renewed conflict and turmoil in the region serves the interests of no one.
■

Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

Israel probably informed China of its next steps since they initiated the call.

Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

Chinese, Russian defense ministers hold talks in Beijing​

BEIJING, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun held talks with his Russian counterpart Andrei Belousov in Beijing on Monday.
Noting that this year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Russia, Dong said the bilateral relationship featuring high-level mutual trust and intensive cooperation is an exemplary model between major countries.

The two militaries should deepen strategic cooperation and enhance the quality and effectiveness of their cooperation, Dong said, adding that both sides should continuously advance the development of military relations, firmly defend the common interests of the two countries, and work together to safeguard global strategic stability.

Belousov said that military cooperation between Russia and China is important in safeguarding global and regional peace and stability.
The Russian side is willing to work with the Chinese side to continuously carry out efficient cooperation, and jointly address security challenges, said Belousov. ■

Something big is going to happen soon.

Russia and Israel are probably all asking China: When are you going to reunify with Taiwan? We can't wait until 2027

 

[iewgnem]

Remember that the number of missiles that an SSN can carry is very limited. And then a Chinese SSN would have to return to a port to reload, which will take days or even weeks.

I think the likelihood of solely SSN versus SSN encounters is much lower.

Prior to Patchwork's departure, he mentioned that the PLAN was working on a submarine-launched 3000km hypersonic missile. At this sort of distance, the chance of a SSN versus SSN encounter in the middle of the ocean is really low, given that the upcoming Type-096 should have a noise level comparable to background ocean noise, just like the Virginia SSN. Remember that we had the French and British SSBNs actually colliding, and both sides not realising they actually hit another submarine.

Then if we're talking about Chinese SSNs attacking US naval ships with torpedoes, I would expect some sort of opposing airborne ASW to be present.

Also, talking about prompt global anti-ship strike is a step too far at this point, because you're looking at another level of improvement in terms of terminal targeting at Mach 20? speeds.

A fixed target, such the ship in port should be feasible.




I generally use the US military as a reference for minimum size.

Personally I think the Chinese Navy will be somewhere between 1.3x to 2x larger than the US Navy, roughly speaking. This largely depends on how bad US-China relations become.

I'd go with 6 SSNs annually as an upper estimate, which is roughly 2x the US rate. Eventually you end up with a fleet size of 200-odd SSNs, which is definitely enough.



Can China militarily conquer the Philippines or Japan?

The realistic answer is no, and therefore the 1IC cannot be China's Eastern Great Wall.

But in the future, it is possible that Japan and the Philippines flips from the US to China.

Earlier this year in a podcast, I recall the Economist China correspondent musing that he could see Japan switching allegiance from the US to China. But for this to happen, I think China has to have a blue-water Navy that can wrest control of the Pacific from the US Navy. That would mean a Chinese Navy with a larger carrier fleet.

The probability of SSN on SSN encounter won't be low if they're hunting each other, which the two colliding subs weren't. The fact that SSN with space based ISR support can already target surface vessels >1000 km away, well outside any ASW or even fighter combat range, makes SSN vs SSN encounter definitionally the only encounter that'll likely happen.

With just Japan and Phillipines but all small Pacific islands under Chinese control there no longer exist any island chain.
China also doesn't need to conquere either country, their ability to defend against boot on ground occupation is irrevelant, both are islands in China's proxmity dependant on supplies from across the Pacific, cutting them off from supplies and disabling their existing long range strike capability is enough to neutralize both, and both has large number of undefendable small islands to fill in China's eastern great wall.

But no neither nation will switch allegiance before war, because neither are real nations, they're colonies and it require US to ceede their colonies.

 

[iewgnem]

Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

So is this gonna lead to anything or is it kinda like normalized now? Weird how this can be done so frequently these days and everyone is going thats just life.

Normalizing periodic blockade with increasing frequency is the goal, and both sides wants to normalize it. China can find win-win even in armed unification.

 

[AndrewS]

The probability of SSN on SSN encounter won't be low if they're hunting each other, which the two colliding subs weren't. The fact that SSN with space based ISR support can already target surface vessels >1000 km away, well outside any ASW or even fighter combat range, makes SSN vs SSN encounter definitionally the only encounter that'll likely happen.

With just Japan and Phillipines but all small Pacific islands under Chinese control there no longer exist any island chain.
China also doesn't need to conquere either country, their ability to defend against boot on ground occupation is irrevelant, both are islands in China's proxmity dependant on supplies from across the Pacific, cutting them off from supplies and disabling their existing long range strike capability is enough to neutralize both, and both has large number of undefendable small islands to fill in China's eastern great wall.

Chinese SSNs which are operating beyond the 2IC will not be tasked with hunting enemy SSNs.

The Chinese SSNs will be going after surface ships or land targets, which are a lot easier, less risky and whose loss will have a much larger effect.

Chinese SSNs should avoid enemy SSNs, which would still be tied up trying to find the Chinese SSNs anyway, if tasked to do so.

But no neither nation will switch allegiance before war, because neither are real nations, they're colonies and it require US to ceede their colonies.

If enough of the decision makers decide an alliance with the USA is the wrong decision, then we'll see changes.

That does not necessarily require a war. A financial and/or political crisis in the USA could also trigger this.