CMPFR 2024? If that's the case, that surely must be a typo. It would be quite ridiculous to think China would only add a mere 4 nuclear submarines in the next 20 years.
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I think it was in the 2023 report. But my point still stands.
Are there any signs that China is planning or designing a new non-carrier surface combatant warship class in the near-to-medium term future beyond the current 052/054/055 classes? Or are they more likely to keep on upgrading the current classes with variants as need arises?
Separate question, is the type 055 somewhere around the heaviest missile ship class that makes sense cost-benefit wise, or is there room for a bigger cruiser/battlecruiser class in the future to bring additional capacity to PLAN?
Separate question, is the type 055 somewhere around the heaviest missile ship class that makes sense cost-benefit wise, or is there room for a bigger cruiser/battlecruiser class in the future to bring additional capacity to PLAN?
They're basically worse than osint because they source from osint but unlike osint, China actively works to mislead and hide things from them. The only thing they have above osint is consistent paid quality satellite access, which is negated by China spending effort on deliberately fooling them.
Failing to get anything at all on 2 likely near trillion USD value air force projects in CAC and SAC is the final nail on the coffin of credibility.
The cycle:
Chinese intel sells a bridge to US intel and the most astroturfed report in history gets released -> awhile later Weibo rumors drop -> awhile later twitterites/osint pick up rumors -> China drops new thing -> the US report now looks stupid so they source pics from Weibo and rumors from osint then supplement it on a new report
Rinse and repeat.
Has anyone come across sources this article is based on?
"Naval News has seen multiple sources confirming their construction, and has shared information with naval experts to validate our preliminary analysis. The consensus is that these are most likely for amphibious landings."
"Naval News has seen multiple sources confirming their construction, and has shared information with naval experts to validate our preliminary analysis. The consensus is that these are most likely for amphibious landings."
Thank you kindly!
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Uh, go visit the Ukrainian war thread