In all fairness, I can understand it. After all, the military is doing a task that is mostly set out by the political leaders, and psyops are very much a part of the job. And it's not like the mainland doesn't do similar things in principle.
PLA Strategy in a Taiwan Contingency
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In all fairness, I can understand it. After all, the military is doing a task that is mostly set out by the political leaders, and psyops are very much a part of the job. And it's not like the mainland doesn't do similar things in principle.
While these trainings are happening, we see more amphibious ships in the area (and other major combatants, not sure if related)
Unrelated but a super long bridge barge, ~200m. Not sure about time and location
What makes these sorts of psychological operations, if that's how we're to characterize them, problematic to say the least is that they do not target an enemy or adversary, but rather the domestic population and political constituents of an "ally."
I am seeing that Taiwan is getting more and more divided, the DPP is getting more desperate and tyrannical. So you want a good chunk of the population, probably more than half, in your "side" so to speak, in fact i do think the casus belli could be the liberation of the "pro-china" population. The problem I have is IF the conflict is not resolved quickly that island will be destroyed and probably never recover.
Regarding barges, ShiLao and Yankee also explained the advantages of barges from the perspective of stability: In the past, shore-to-ship connectors relied on buoyancy. This means: 1. Damage to the hull and reduced buoyancy means that it loses its function, which make it very vulnerable to weather or firepower. The barge is connected to the seabed, attacking the hull cannot sink it, since it is no longer a ship, but a structure similar to a gravity dam, you have to blow up the pillars. But PLA can even pour cement into the pillars and sink them semi-permanently on the coast, which really becomes a dam. Now, try to blow it up
Ayi: The more reliable method I can think of is to use an unmanned boat filled with tons of explosives. ROCA’s current counter measures of it is a bit like the Ukrainian army in Kherson dealing with the Antonovsky Bridge, using HIMARS ATACMs to fight quick-drying cement. The problem is that there are many Antonovsky bridges now.
2. Traditional piers will shake up and down, which is very unstable. Vehicles can only move forward at a "parade-like" speed, and the unloading speed is very slow. If the vehicle is mishandled and falls directly into the water, at least it will not affect the landing queue. If it is lying across the piers, it will be very difficult to deal with. There is no such concern on the barge, and the vehicle can go down the bridge at normal speed.
Ayi: The more reliable method I can think of is to use an unmanned boat filled with tons of explosives. ROCA’s current counter measures of it is a bit like the Ukrainian army in Kherson dealing with the Antonovsky Bridge, using HIMARS ATACMs to fight quick-drying cement. The problem is that there are many Antonovsky bridges now.
2. Traditional piers will shake up and down, which is very unstable. Vehicles can only move forward at a "parade-like" speed, and the unloading speed is very slow. If the vehicle is mishandled and falls directly into the water, at least it will not affect the landing queue. If it is lying across the piers, it will be very difficult to deal with. There is no such concern on the barge, and the vehicle can go down the bridge at normal speed.
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