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A Sino-Russian joint naval exercise officially commences.

A great read. Succinctly points out the changing power dynamics in Asia. China really only lags in carriers and SSNs, and even those areas are catching up steadily.

According to the SCMP, in December 2023 the 055 Nanchang successfully countered a USN Growler, leading to the sacking of William Coulter, commander of EW on the Carl Vinson.

grulle said:

According to the SCMP, in December 2023 the 055 Nanchang successfully countered a USN Growler, leading to the sacking of William Coulter, commander of EW on the Carl Vinson.

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This has no more credibility than Minnie Chan’s claim that Type 055 and J-16D got jammed by Growlers. SCMP is a rag.

grulle said:

According to the SCMP, in December 2023 the 055 Nanchang successfully countered a USN Growler, leading to the sacking of William Coulter, commander of EW on the Carl Vinson.

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I've noticed you're posting articles recently without much critical appraisal of them.

If these articles have to be posted, please write whether you believe in their content or whether you disagree with them, because we don't need to have a bunch of rubbish posted on SDF merely for archival purposes, and knowing your opinion on them would allow us to better clarify their actual content and credibility.

siegecrossbow said:

This has no more credibility than Minnie Chan’s claim that Type 055 and J-16D got jammed by Growlers. SCMP is a rag.

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Given this was written by Stephen Chen, his articles are Minnie tier (aka the articles should be actively derided).

Some images from the joint Sino-Russian naval exercise that's currently underway.

Chinese troops teach Russians some Chinese sword skills lol, among other exchange activities.

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“The Chinese naval presence operated in accordance with international rules and norms,” said Rear Adm. Megan Dean, Seventeenth Coast Guard District commander.

They don't seem to be all that concerned.

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Attaboy... US ships behaving like good boys in front of the PLAN is the way to prevent any more of those Seawolves from "crashing" into mysterious underwater mountains

OSINT on situation in Wuhan

snake65 said:

OSINT on situation in Wuhan

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Quite obviously the large black shape is the shadow of the red and white crane.

I saw this when Tom S first posted on X and was going to post that here when someone pointed out it was a shadow. To his credit TS acknowledged this but for some reason still let TWZ post his thread.

Probably the cranes were driving piles to renew/replace the wharf.