China's SCS Strategy Thread

[Black Wolf]

The question would be capability. Without friendly bases in the vicinity of their intended operational areas, where would the CCG resupply and replenish while being so far away from home?

If Beijing intends for the CCG to be able to operate well beyond the immediate vicinity of the 1IC constantly, all while without having any friendly overseas bases to rely upon, then the CCG must be upgraded with the capability to sustain far-sea operational capabilities for extended durations.

To begin with, it's better for the CCG to start procuring enabler assets to support persistent coverage and presence of the CCG within and around the 1IC, and work their way from there. Which, in this case, procuring the CCG variant of the 903A AOR (perhaps through the utilization of semi-civilian shipbuilding standards instead of full military shipbuilding standards + downgrading of equipment and systems deployed onboard, hence reducing costs and increasing construction speed) would be a great start.

Going from here, the CCG can expand their structure and capabilities with coast guard variants of the 071 LPD and perhaps even the 075 LPD. The 071-CCG could serve as mobile bases for the manned (RHIBs) and unmanned boats housed inside the well deck that can be used for rapid response/interdiction and sustained surface patrols, whereas the 075-CCG could have MALE/HALE-type UAVs operated from it (where some modifications on the base PLAN 075 variant may be required) for long-endurance maritime patrol and surveillance duties in the sky, alongside a substantial number of helicopters for law enforcement and SAR operations.

You raise valid & logical points regarding the capability & logistics required for sustained far-sea Coast Guard operations & I don't disagree with that assessment.

My point, however, wasn't about whether the CCG currently has the capability to maintain such a presence. It was about the principle & the likely political reaction.

The USCG routinely operates in distant regions, including the South China Sea, under the banner of freedom of navigation & the rules-based order. If, hypothetically, the CCG developed the capability & began conducting comparable patrols near the U.S. coast under the same justification, would Washington view it as a routine exercise of navigational rights, or would it immediately be framed as a security threat?

That's the double-standard I was referring to. The question isn't whether China can do it today—it's whether the same activity is judged differently depending on who is doing it.

 

[votran]

The biggest difference between a pirate state and a civilized state is that a pirate state thinks, 'If you can kill me, why don't you? If you don't, it proves you can't.'
A truly civilized state thinks, 'Why should I prove my ability by killing you? If I can win by doing nothing.'
You need five thousand years to learn this wisdom, kid. Did united statians learn nothing from the $300 billion tuition paid to Iran?

lmao who fking care about being civilized or not ? this world never fking one day run by might make right , you really think there are some kind of god exist to reward good guy civilized state behavior lmao

if they really exist then china century of humiliation and the west become rich and powerful after age of colonization will not exist

but it did lmao

 

[Bellum_Romanum]

lmao who fking care about being civilized or not ? this world never fking one day run by might make right , you really think there are some kind of god exist to reward good guy civilized state behavior lmao

if they really exist then china century of humiliation and the west become rich and powerful after age of colonization will not exist

but it did lmao

You're just rage baiting at this point with your nonsensical drivel.

 

[votran]

You're just rage baiting at this point with your nonsensical drivel.

im just saying the truth ...after so many decades being civilized and peaceful how many nations agree to host PLAN warship ? allow them to stay , refuel , rearms , resupply boosting china navy blue water power ?

why even singapore the most china-friendly nation near malaca strait still host US navy ship now even coast guard but still refuse doing the same for china ?

because US more civilized and peaceful than china so it win the heart and mind of singapore people ? ofcouse not lmao