So apparently the almighty American Abrams tank gets destroyed by some cheap Russian drone.
People say Russian performance is embarrassing. But frankly this war has exposed how a lot of western hyped weapons are overpriced junk only good for fighting illiterate goat farmers (and still losing)
The Abrams is a decent tank, but it was never a Wunderwaffe. Nearly 10 years ago, ISIS were able to blow up Iraqi Abrams. The Houthis were also able to blow up Saudi Abrams too. This shouldn't have come as a surprise, but the NAFO idiots needed to reminded again.
The F-16s won't change Ukraine's fate either. That plane had been downed by Russian SAM systems from the 50s and 60s, manned by non-Russians. Though it would be quite interesting to see Russian SAMs and fighter jets score some F-16 kills.
I wouldn't be surprised if China has drones or missiles designed to blow up air craft carriers and fighter jets. All that American hype showing off it's Navy and jets suddenly doesn't look so good when they become large paperweights. But they have to justify their sunk cost.
The US Navy has never faced a proper naval battle against a peer adversary since WWII. I have a feeling that the Americans are becoming abit too complacent in their naval dominance.
It happened with the British prior to WWI. There was no proper major naval challenger since the Napoleonic Wars. Then came the Battle of Jutland against the German High Seas Fleet, and Britain found to its horror that its battlecruisers were blowing up much faster than anticipated. This made Vice Admiral Beatty said: “There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today." The battle was a stalemate, but Britain had loss more capital ships and sailors than Germany in Jutland.
The current US Navy looks awesome and great, bullying brown water navies, or bombarding nations with no navies at all. It has not faced a proper adversary who can shoot back. If they try the PLAN, then they'll find out how vulnerable they are when the enemy can shoot back.
We are born in a period where we can see the decline of the west. Our ancestor from the early twentieth century never got to live to see it.
So it's up to the current generation to make best use of it and not miss the opportunity.
Inside of mainland China, their current generation of Chinese are not gonna miss this opportunity. Outside of it, I'm not so sure myself. In any case, what's more important is that mainland China is rising and leading the way. The rest will have to wake up or get left behind.
