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[BlackWindMnt]

China’s controversial property tax appears to clear major hurdle, but questions remain on start date​

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I know Micheal Hudson thinks China should introduce a property tax to make it more sustainable for cities to generate income and use less debt to develop.

 

[Biscuits]

i think its more of Buk-M counter part. that is maximum 8 per launcher. small missiles like Tor or Pantsir you can put more per launcher but not size of 9M96. this thing will need extensive testing. when you look at S-350 launcher its really compact for amount of heavy missiles.

I'm open to if I'm incorrect, but afaik all Buk use an unique slanted launch + combined radar vehicle which are specific for Buk. No HQ-16 ever had the capability to be launched this way, they're VLS only missiles. In that way, they're very differing in the types of deployment they need (mainly in favor for the HQ-16 as its more flexible).

Ultimately I guess the HQ-16 is very different from both Buk-m3 and S350, since "rumors" of Almaz-Antay involvement could just be rumors or more minor influences.

But I would say move towards S350 shows that Russians also have faith in the HQ-16 VLS, rapid fire truck concept over the tracked vehicle concept.

 

[Stierlitz]

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Taiwan will start its Han Kuang military drills next month with computer simulations as it focuses on combating a blockade of the island and preserving the fighting capabilities of its forces, according to its defence ministry.

The annual drills will kick off with five days of tabletop exercises from May 15. Live fire exercises are to take place for five days from July 24.

The focus will be on combat forces’ “preservation” and “maritime interception”, the defence ministry said at a press conference, and will include civilian airports.

The naval element will integrate sea, air and land forces to attack enemy troops and amphibious assault ships as well as to protect sea lanes and counter blockade efforts, it said.

“Of course, our drills are based on the threat of the communists invading Taiwan and its recent military exercises around Taiwan,” the ministry’s combat planning chief, General Lin Wen-huang, told reporters.

China, which claims the self-ruled island as its own, has stepped up pressure on Taiwan since Tsai Ing-wen was first elected president in 2016. Beijing has also sought to isolate the territory internationally.

Earlier this month, after Tsai met the speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, in California, Beijing practised days of precision strikes and blockades around the island, echoing its actions after McCarthy’s predecessor Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan last year.

China, which has not ruled out the use of force to take control of Taiwan, views Tsai as a “separatist” and claims she is bent on independence. Tsai says the people of Taiwan should be the ones to decide their future.

China’s navy last week shared a slickly produced video to celebrate its 74th anniversary, showing its aircraft carrier, the Shandong, and new amphibious assault ships simulating an attack and landing somewhere in “Western Pacific waters”, suggesting they were planning a Taiwan contingency.

“It takes a strong navy to safeguard the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, said on Wednesday when asked what message the video was supposed to send.

“The Democratic Progressive Party authorities and Taiwan independence separatist forces are trying to collude with external forces, but there’s no chance of splitting the country,” she said, referring to Taiwan’s ruling party.

Taiwan is trying to boost its defensive capabilities by investing in new equipment such as long-range missiles and drones and by extending compulsory military service to one year.

Although Taiwan’s military is generally well-trained and equipped with mostly US-made hardware, China has huge numerical superiority and is adding advanced equipment such as stealth fighters.

Speaking to reporters at parliament, Taiwan National Security Bureau Director-General Tsai Ming-yen said China was using new “cognitive warfare” methods to try to sway public opinion and spread fake news ahead of January’s presidential elections.

“We need to continue paying attention to what they are up to during the election process,” he said

 

[BoraTas]

It seems the US and the Philippines had a hard time sinking a vessel.

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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. observed from a tower as the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, fired six times at the Philippine navy corvette, invisible over the horizon, and a narrator over a public address system described the action down range. U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson sat beside Marcos.


The two HIMARS launchers — designed to strike targets on land — missed each time, but a barrage of ordnance from U.S. and Philippine artillery and aircraft eventually sank the vessel.


“Shore-based fire against a ship is exceptionally hard,” Lt. Col. Nick Mannweiler, a spokesman for Marine Corps Forces Pacific, said during the drill at Naval Station Leovigildo Gantioqui.

 

[TK3600]

Shouldnt they use harpoon instead?

 

[pmc]

I'm open to if I'm incorrect, but afaik all Buk use an unique slanted launch + combined radar vehicle which are specific for Buk. No HQ-16 ever had the capability to be launched this way, they're VLS only missiles. In that way, they're very differing in the types of deployment they need (mainly in favor for the HQ-16 as its more flexible).

Ultimately I guess the HQ-16 is very different from both Buk-m3 and S350, since "rumors" of Almaz-Antay involvement could just be rumors or more minor influences.

But I would say move towards S350 shows that Russians also have faith in the HQ-16 VLS, rapid fire truck concept over the tracked vehicle concept.

radar and launcher is separate issue. with advancement in communication technology you dont need radar on every launcher. BUK works fine in the field but it cannot work inside cities effectively.
its is the missile/launcher characteristics to put such heavier missiles in close proximity. they were mentioning 2 to 3 second reaction time for S-500 vs 7 to 8 second for S-400. but those only achieved when tubes are reduced from 4 in S-400 to 2 in S-500.
this advancement what it takes with intercepting saturated attack with low rcs target that has steep fall near the end.

 

[Strangelove]

That article is one of the most bonkers opinions I've ever read:

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"Putin has already lost in Ukraine. China’s coming war in Taiwan must be our focus"

The already huge amount of copium is now mixed with massive doses of China-made fentanyl...

 

[KYli]

VinFast is more like Vinscam. It was not able to sell much EVs in the US after so many fanfare. More importantly, nobody is interested in the IPO so its founder and his companies need to inject more money and hoping to find suckers to buy its shares.

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[pevade]

VinFast is more like Vinscam. It was not able to sell much EVs in the US after so many fanfare. More importantly, nobody is interested in the IPO so its founder and his companies need to inject more money and hoping to find suckers to buy its shares.

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Vietnam made a massive mistake allowing the Vin(shit) conglomerate to grow into chaebol levels of insanity

 

[plawolf]

That article is one of the most bonkers opinions I've ever read:

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"Putin has already lost in Ukraine. China’s coming war in Taiwan must be our focus"

That right there kids, is a prime illustration of why rule by aristocracy is going to doom all foolish enough to cling to its practice.

Eventually, over time, all the boarder line inbreeding adds up to a point where the accumulated idiocy of the inbred imbeciles infesting the halls of power overwhelms the inherited wealth and power to make up for their stupid decisions and idiotic choices.