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GulfLander said:

Was his translation accurate?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1895130784090001763

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zyklon said:

No, his translation of "Sooner or later we will come to destroy you." was a bit exaggerated.

To be more precise, the Senior Colonel basically said: "Sooner or later we will seize you." The specific word he employed was 收, which could also be translated as "take," but not quite "destroy."

However, prior to making that statement, the Senior Colonel also warned the DPP that they were on the path towards self destruction, so a reasonable argument could be made that he was intimating the destruction of the DPP. However, that's more implicit, and one of any number of possible interpretations of his broader overall statement.

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zbb said:

The colonel's language is similar to that of the following scene in Nezha 2. There were online speculation that the scene was a reference to Taiwan long before the colonel's speech.

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luminary said:

The problem of just saying whatever comes to your mind:

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iewgnem said:

Obviously if China actually want to invade Australia China will send more than two ships and it'll be after dealing with the US, but that doesn't mean there's no entertainment value in thought exercises:

- How VLS cells are filled depends on the mission, so how they're filled "most of the time" doesn't matter, what matters is are they capable of being filled to achieve the mission.
- Type 055 is capable of being loaded with 48x >1000km range anti ship hypersonics
- Australian navy has no fixed wing carriers so it's a purely naval
- Australian navy has 3x Hobart class DDG and 7x Anzac class frigates capable of firing anti air missiles, of which only the 3x Hobart class has ability track incoming hypersonics and only one ship carry SM6 to even make an attempt at intercept.
- For ASM Australia has Harpoons and NSM, both with <250km range
- All other Australian navy ships are not combat relevant.

So in the ought exercise, yes a single Type 055 operating at ~1000km standoff range from Australian coast and with satellite targeting can very much annihilate the entire Australian navy if engagement started within range.

Then the actual reason you'll need to bring multiple is to cover all sides of Australia so they can't simply run.

Australian airforce does have 7x KC30A tankers which will be required to allow their F-35s get within ASM engagement distance of Type 055 at standoff distance, and this is where the remaining VLS across the Type 055 and Type 054 comes in, and this is of course ignoring Australia lack any long distance detection, and that their NSM inventory is actually zero as of 2025.

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antiterror13 said:

What the impact of Australian aging SSK Collins submarines (6) to the equation?

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iewgnem said:

That's where the Type 054 and SSN comes in.

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