How many Walmart purchases did it take to build this?
No question this has our attention, but you can believe Japan and Taiwan are really taking note.
This is ok. China is spending lots of yuan on reacting to what the U.S. is fielding. Remember the shock and awe during the Iraqi follies when the U.S. unleashed stealth fighters; just imagine what the U.S. currently has under wraps. The Chinese have no answer for what’s next in the U.S. kit bag.
Yeah, but, but, what speed can it get to ram a 29,000 ton cargo ship at 1:30 in the morning???
/sarc
Battleships, Carriers, and Cruisers are formidable weapons against a nation without high technology.
If you can see it and are willing to go nuclear, it dies. Ours and theirs both die.
Get back to me when
they can muster qualified crew
master logistics
coordinate in battle group(non existent)
Master tactics and communications
Etc
It’s “A” ship and made in China....
In case you haven’t noticed, Red China is getting ready for war on the high seas no matter what the cost. And all we’ve got is Secy of the Queen’s Navy Ms. Mabus’ floating museum (plus a few new ships but nothing near what we need to keep the Reds at bay).
It doesn’t matter, we spend 5 times as much on our military, therefore there is NOTHING China or Russia can build capable of defeating us. After all, we spend 5 times as much as those countries. 5 times.
(sarcastic imitation of FReepers that want to get into WW3 with our 30 year old military)
Well, it only took them 35 years to catch up with our Vertical Lunching System. I wonder if they can launch any missile type from any VLS cell without modification - we can.
Looks to me like the dual band radar is the real upgrade. We have it - just not widely deployed.