The China Thread (Threat)

[AWP]

Possibly related if not right now then down the track.

New Chinese Aircraft Carrier's Dry Dock Is Flooded, Launch Imminent

Catapults, that’s a game changer.

 

[SpitfireV]

Catapults, that’s a game changer.

Yup some electromagnetic thing too and not steam which is interesting but I don't know a lot about that sort of thing. Assume that's because they're non nuclear.

 

[AWP]

Yup some electromagnetic thing too and not steam which is interesting but I don't know a lot about that sort of thing. Assume that's because they're non nuclear.

EMALS. The US is putting them on the new Ford-class carriers, but we’ve had problems with a number of things, actually.

The reason catapults are a game changer is few nations use them. Cats allow for the launching of heavier a/c which translates to more fuel and weapons. China’s existing carriers use a ski ramp for launching a/c which limits their usefulness. The new carrier will bring them closer to the US in capability.

 

[TLDR20]

EMALS. The US is putting them on the new Ford-class carriers, but we’ve had problems with a number of things, actually.

The reason catapults are a game changer is few nations use them. Cats allow for the launching of heavier a/c which translates to more fuel and weapons. China’s existing carriers use a ski ramp for launching a/c which limits their usefulness. The new carrier will bring them closer to the US in capability.

It also allows for simultaneous launch and recovery, which many nations cannot do. Is a big deal.

 

[Devildoc]

I am not a DIA spook, so I don't know what I don't know, but....

I wonder if the carrier will be at all like a lot of their miltech for the past 50 years, ripped from stolen plans and reverse engineered, turning out to be a gilded lily, beautiful on the outside, but a POS on the inside.

 

[Gunz]

Multiple Destroyers Were Swarmed By Mysterious 'Drones' Off California Over Numerous Nights

I think it's pretty obvious what we're dealing with here.

 

[Gunz]

Yep, noted, also some other news;

The boat looks pretty small though

I'm fairly certain the group of people on the back of that drone ship are playing mahjong.

 

[Salt USMC]

A non-nuclear carrier is gonna be somewhat limited in range and utility

 

[Marauder06]

A non-nuclear carrier is gonna be somewhat limited in range and utility

As long as it can range the second island chain...

 

[AWP]

A non-nuclear carrier is gonna be somewhat limited in range and utility

Once they have an UNREP capability plus bases in Africa, they’ll have legs. I’d imagine their escorts are more susceptible to fuel issues though.

Plus, you figure one more conventional carrier and then they start working on a nuke model to launch in…20 years? 25 tops?

 

[Gunz]

Once they have an UNREP capability plus bases in Africa, they’ll have legs. I’d imagine their escorts are more susceptible to fuel issues though.

Plus, you figure one more conventional carrier and then they start working on a nuke model to launch in…20 years? 25 tops?

Maybe to be launched in time for the CCP's centenary goal of 2049, by which time it intends China to be the world's preeminent power. They've written their Global Initiative 2049 into the CCP's constitution. It calls for China to lead economically, environmentally, technologically, culturally and militarily...and I'd assume there are a few choice provisions in there concerning Taiwan.

 

[Hillclimb]

Yep, noted, also some other news;

The boat looks pretty small though

Multiple Destroyers Were Swarmed By Mysterious 'Drones' Off California Over Numerous Nights

Can probably supplement/carry some of these

Anyone read the 100 Year Marathon by Michael Pillsbury

 

[R.Caerbannog]

Run on the banks in Heinan?

 

[Salt USMC]

House passes chips and science bill, sending measure to Biden’s desk

The House passed a $280 billion bill on Thursday to strengthen the domestic chip manufacturing industry and finance scientific research in a bid to boost the United States’s competitiveness on the global stage, sending the measure to President Biden’s desk for final approval.

Lawmakers ultimately came to a consensus on the CHIPS and Science Act, which will allocate $54 billion for chips and public wireless supply chain innovation, including $39 billion that will go towards financial assistance to build, expand and modernize semiconductor facilities in the U.S. It also includes $11 billion for research and development by the Department of Commerce.

Hopefully this will help us reduce our reliance on Taiwanese semiconductors in a decade or so.

 

[R.Caerbannog]

House passes chips and science bill, sending measure to Biden’s desk



Hopefully this will help us reduce our reliance on Taiwanese semiconductors in a decade or so.

I can't imagine what it would be like to work in govt, always be a week late, and 100 bucks short.

 

[CQB]

The 80th Army Group PLA have posted on Weibo “Prepare for war.”

Grabs courtesy of realnewsnobullshit

 

[pardus]

I don't think Nancy will make the trip to Taiwan, I hope she does though. Call the Commie's bluff.

 

[CQB]

I don't think Nancy will make the trip to Taiwan, I hope she does though. Call the Commie's bluff.

It would be disappointing if she bows out. Should a third country decide who visits another? No.

 

[pardus]

I don't think Nancy will make the trip to Taiwan, I hope she does though. Call the Commie's bluff.

I gotta say, credit where credit is due, good on the US govt/Dems for going ahead with the visit, that is exactly the kind of message we need to send (it's a shame we didn't do something similar in Ukraine). China is fucking pissed but are just saber rattling which is nothing new (though the intensity maybe). It's a great shame though that the White House said that they do not support independence for Taiwan, that kind of statement and stance will doom Taiwan.

 

[CQB]

It's been the same handbags at 10 paces ever since Kissinger/Nixon with that particular situation. It's has been mentioned at every high level meeting since & nothing changes. Taiwan has been more aggressively confronted before in the late '50's & early 60's, known as the First & Second Taiwan Straights Crises. When tempers cooled a little, by agreement the PRC whimsically shelled nearby Taiwanese islands every second day.