I mean quarter century might be considered young compared to average age of US navy ships, but let's be realistic to the survivability of quarter century old diesel subs going against the ASW suite of just the Type 055 and Type 054 with VDS, nevermind China's modern SSN.
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"Mexico Studies China Tariffs in Bid to Strike Trump Deal
President Claudia Sheinbaum Tries to Avoid 25% Tariffs"
(But the 25% tariff seem a go, see below. Wont this action just show "weakness"? Tho US really hav big leverage vs Mex?)
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"President Donald Trump said Thursday that 25% tariffs on goods imported from Canada and Mexico would go into effect Tuesday, alongside yet another 10% layer of duties on China following one that went into effect this month.
In a post on his Truth Social app, Trump said the tariffs were needed to combat the continued flow of illicit drugs into the United States.[...]"
(Another new 10% tariff by Trump vs CN?)
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President Claudia Sheinbaum Tries to Avoid 25% Tariffs"
(But the 25% tariff seem a go, see below. Wont this action just show "weakness"? Tho US really hav big leverage vs Mex?)
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"President Donald Trump said Thursday that 25% tariffs on goods imported from Canada and Mexico would go into effect Tuesday, alongside yet another 10% layer of duties on China following one that went into effect this month.
In a post on his Truth Social app, Trump said the tariffs were needed to combat the continued flow of illicit drugs into the United States.[...]"
(Another new 10% tariff by Trump vs CN?)
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Indeed we have a permanent undersea naval asset in Samoa, that shows commitment.
What I find really interesting is that while Peter Zeihan is mentioned quite often on the Chinese side of internet - especially in context of Trump, accelerationism, and dark enlightenment, I haven't seen anyone mention his rabid sinophobia. This is especially in contrast to people like Mike Pompeo, Marco Rubio etc. Is there a particular reason why this is the case? Really strange.
Because he's a nobody?
Yeah and if you read the article, its the same as China "studied" letting Elon buy TikTok, as in Americans brought it up and the other side said nothing.
Also Trump folded again and pushed Canada/Mexio tariff to April for nothing in return, now that's showing weakness lol
According to a fairly recent , which is owned by the Australian government, from November 2024, of Australia's six Collins class submarines, only one boat is fully operational at the moment:
Three boats were determined to be non-operational and in need of major overhauls thanks to severe corrosion, but things apparently aren't proceeding smoothly due to labor issues:
From the sounds of the ABC report, the three remaining Collins boats are probably in rough shape too, and only one is reasonably deployable, likely due to deferred maintenance and/or simply inadequate planned, yet completed maintenance taking a toll on overall mission readiness across the board.
If only one boat is reasonably operational, and considering the overall age of the design and systems, the Collins isn't going to add much to the RAN, if at all.
Perhaps the Collins' greatest impact on the Australian military is its knack for affecting budgets elsewhere, considering what :
Moreover, not only does the Collins class lack any sort of AIP, it has been plagued with problems -- if not cursed as a program -- over the decades, and may or may not be reasonably serviceable into the 2040s, or even the 2030s, at which point it may already be fairly obsolescent by regional standards.
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Really, why are you even responding to my post then? The whole point was that the US keeps losing wars despite winning battles, such as Vietnam and Afghanistan. There is nothing to "accept", this was my premise.
Wait, so what is a standing army by your definition, then? Whatever number that is just slightly higher than whatever Afghanistan had in 2001? ROFLMAO
Unlike the DPRK in the US there are fact checkers, on both sides of the political aisle, especially for official government sites like .mil ones. If you think this one is lying you are welcome to present evidence to the contrary, but you dismissing a site as biased and lying just because you as a random internet general don't like what it says means less than nothing.
Yeah it's really just too bad that US generals in Vietnam were clearly dumber than your random internet general self; they should have taken combat training from you. You could have taught them real lessons on how to not get shot at in combat zones. LOL