Id feel a whole lot better if China wasnt ascendant in the South China Sea, but the fact of the matter is, we really dont know a whole lot about the extent of Chinas blue-water navy.
Bullshit, we knew what the Russians had and we know what they have. How many patrols have you sailed on Ace? I was on a boat that the idiot doing a Crazy Ivan damn near sank us both. We continued covering half of Europe with 16 biguns. We know what they have and they know what we have the only things that have change is theyre more wussies in the US.
[we really dont know a whole lot about the extent of Chinas blue-water navy.]
Yes we do.
The filthy Chinese Communists are already making moves on Malaysian and Indonesian territory. Look on any map to see Communist Chinese claims. Its like Argentina claiming the Gulf of Mexico...
we really dont know a whole lot about the extent of Chinas blue-water navy.
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Sure we do. Bill Clinton had them on all our ships learning methods, and procedures, orders of battle and so on. Satellites routinely photograph them, Jane’s and others report on their specs and capabilities - along with hosts of other assets, not to mention the Chinese themselves.
Its not a blue water navy yet, BTW.