[Jeff Head]

From the full article, where I address the very point you mention:

While the Chinese experience level with this equipment will be very much inferior to the decades and decades of practical experience the United States Navy has, there is no doubt that the Chinese are embarked on a path to challenge that experience and heretofore dominance of the U.S. Navy in the region at some point.

Everything presented is factual and this very pertinent fact about experience is also pointed out clearly.

Wouldn't be the first time a relatively unexperienced navy tried to challenge one with much more experience.

[Poohbah]

Jeff, to give you some perspective:

Had the USS Cole been a ChiCom Sovremmenny, that boatload of explosives would have at least sunk the ship at pierside, and probably triggered a catastrophic magazine explosion. And those ships are the absolute best platforms the PLAN has.

The ChiCom navy is significantly inferior to either the JMSDF or the US 7th Fleet.

The Kaiser found out what you get with the world's second-best navy: defeated. The money poured into the High Seas Fleet was a complete waste.

The ChiComs aren't even at that level. And I don't think they have the time they need to get up to second best before history's alarm clock goes off.