The Chinese are focused on carriers and shallow water surface ships.
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If they had an offensive war fighting posture they would concentrate on subs, they are not. Why?
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The Chinese want to dominate the region. Their competitors are their neighbors not the US.
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That’s why all the carrier emphasis. Look at a map, China has no ports in SE Asia. Carriers offer military projection in areas without ports.
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Look at their carriers, no catapults. That means ski ramp takeoffs by vastly smaller fighters with virtually no bomb loads.
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Useless for attacking Taiwan but good for bullying Viet Nam, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Singapore, the Philipines, etc.
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Unfortunately, pundits like the Diplomat are largely and oddly ignorant that foreign policy driven strategy is tipped off by tactics.