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ldev wrote:A study from 2003 – now available and translated into English – contains fascinating insights on how China has approached the development of it's first 5th generation fighter. The author is the former Chief Designer of Shenyang Aircraft Corporation which is developing China's second fifth generation fighter, the J-35.
Thanks, great find. I suspect the J-20 surpassed what was planned for it, RCS wise, based on current data. If not, we can fight it with almost all our existing platforms.
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Karan M wrote:Thanks, great find. I suspect the J-20 surpassed what was planned for it, RCS wise, based on current data. If not, we can fight it with almost all our existing platforms.
I would agree. A good confirmation of that is what the US is preparing for:

China facing US F-15Cs based in Japan have been outfitted within the last year with the recently developed Legion pod, which combines an IRST sensor with a data link enabling multiple Legion pods to exchange data.

An F-35 aggressor squadron has been raised at Nellis Airforce Base (US TACDE) representing J-20s. which will enable USAF pilots to train and develop tactics against a 5th generation threat.

The Legion Pod means that the IRST tracking (the data link between 2 Legion Pod enabled fighters enables range confirmation and missile launch without turning on the radar) range of the F-15s exceeds the F-15s radar detection range for the achieved rcs of the J-20 and that if the F-15 relies on radar alone, it will be vulnerable to a first shot by the J-20 - due to the huge differential in rcs of the 2 aircraft. And therefore it is probable that the J-20 has achieved an rcs that has surpassed the lower bound of the 0.1m^2 - 0.3m^2 target that had been set in the Study.
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US military experts say a war over Taiwan is desirable because Asia’s growth to become world’s economic heartland has become unstoppable.”

https://johnmenadue.com/strategists-adm ... -into-war/

US military experts say a war over Taiwan is desirable, because Asia’s growth to become world’s economic heartland has become unstoppable.


Yes, we want war. But just a small one, please, followed by a quick surrender. The United States is diligently working with Australia and the UK to goad China into what they hope will be a limited war over Taiwan, according to military strategists. By continually poking at the giant developing nation, the aim is to force it to fire the first bullet — and then use that to paint China as the protagonist, the bully that the rest of the world must unite against.

To prepare for this, the partners in the scheme are teaming up. Rather like the “coalition of the willing” in the Iraq War 2.0, the US is pushing for another misadventure, this time through a coalition of the coerced.

Media’s role
The Western media is playing a key role in this process.

1) The media is trivializing or turning a blind eye to an increasingly long series of clearly aggressive moves by the United States, including:

Parking warships on China’s doorstep;
Holding Naval sailing regattas in the Taiwan Straits;
Landing senior US officials on Taiwanese soil in military planes;
Creating an artificial “Taiwanese air space” zone and falsely alleging “incursions” or “violations” of it;
Secretly providing military trainers on the island while lying about it;
Inviting Taiwan to a summit on democracy as if it were a nation;
And numerous other military and diplomatic departures from status quo agreements.

2) The media is painting China’s knee-jerk and entirely predictable responses that it “will not stand for attempts to promote Taiwan independence” as evidence of shocking new acts of “increasing aggression”, while the truth is that all China-watchers know they are the same statements they have issued for decades, often in virtually the same words.


3) The media is pushing exaggerations and misinformation about the “death of Hong Kong”, the “genocide of Xinjiang”, the “imminent invasion of Australia” and so on.

Asia as centre of the world

Why are the Western powers doing this? They certainly want to destabilise China and set the country’s development and positioning in the world back a few decades. But that’s just part of a larger goal. They feel the need to do this primarily because the Western powers have recognized that Asia will soon be the centre of global economic power.

Nothing will stop that happening.

This means that time is running out to ensure that Asia is dominated and controlled by America and its allies on the other side of the world, instead of by Asians themselves, working together as neighbours.

Furthermore, the outgoing world leaders need the incoming powers to know their place in the “International Rules-Based Order” under the stewardship of the drafters of these rules. Western liberal democracy must retain its primacy, and Asia’s consultative democracies dismissed as “autocracies”, or “authoritarian”/“totalitarian” regimes.

Preparing the world
The media has been preparing the world for the conflict for years. America’s hawks put huge sums of time and money into financing dissent in Asia and partnering with the Western media to create the impression that the people of Hong Kong, Xinjiang, Tibet and Taiwan, want independence from mainland China — although surveys overwhelmingly show that this is the opposite of the truth.

But these imaginary “cries for independence” are necessary for the next stage in the process: the pushing of China into what can only be described as a deluded and limited war over Taiwan; one aim being to attain the larger objectives of undermining both China and ASEAN.

The war or “coming conflict” with China has been discussed in multiple forums and publications, not least of which is a new book by Elbridge Colby, one of the writers of the US National Defense Strategy. It argues that escalating Taiwan tensions into a conflict gives America a chance at winning, unlike a Cold War arms race.

Arms race won’t work
An arms race would eventually be won by China, which is on its way to being richer and stronger than America, Colby points out. And “the economic costs could be crippling, seriously stressing the US economy, the ultimate source of America’s military strength”.

Instead, the US can push China into a limited conflict over Taiwan, with the media painting China as the bully and the US as the white knight. Done right, the skirmish would unite the rest of the world’s countries against China and on to the American side.

Partners in the media have already accomplished a lot of this work by painting Xinjiang and Hong Kong as places wrecked by China, and suggesting they are filled with Betsy-waving populations desperate for a United States model of governance.

This strategy is receiving significant interest and or support from other US hawks.

“China must be provoked into initiating any escalation of the conflict, so that it will always appear the aggressor,” writes defence journalist Aris Roussinos, summarising the Colby strategy.

People will die
But won’t there be Taiwanese casualties? Yes. China “must be permitted to strike as indiscriminately as possible,” in this scenario. “Colby further urges the US not to provide potential civilian targets with air defences, reasoning that collateral damage will whip up the public anger against China necessary to winning a war,” Roussinos adds.

In other words, deaths of Taiwan citizens (the “collateral damage” he mentions) would be a public relations coup for the US side.

“Forcing China to escalate could be in our [US] interests,” Roussinos points out. (One wonders if this scenario has received attention from the walking elements of “collateral damage” in Taiwan.)

Trump’s defence strategist
Although Colby’s book, The Strategy of Denial, has just been published, it’s clear that the thinking behind it has been circulating in US administration clusters for some years. Colby was a key writer of Donald Trump’s national defence strategy in 2018.

This approach, when originally written, recommended pulling American allies like Japan and India into the US team to contain China, and to sign up Australia too, as well as Vietnam and other neighbours.

Clearly we can see concerted action on all these fronts this year.

Salami slicing
While the Western media portrays China as the aggressor, people with a deeper understanding of international affairs can see what’s really happening over Taiwan.

“The US has placed tripwires in the form of deployment of special forces, obfuscating the ‘red line’,” said commentator M. K. Bhadrakumar, a former Indian diplomat.

The long string of US provocations are a “salami slicing” strategy, some observers say. “Salami tactics are an appealing option for expansionist actors like NATO, which pursues limited and repetitive expansions to gradually create new realities on the ground,” argues Glenn Diesen, professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway.

“Such tactics avoid rapid escalation and mute opposition from adversaries and allies alike, as complaints can be ridiculed and the response from opponents denounced as disproportionate.”

Warmongering?
One could easily argue that this type of strategy could be construed as a right-wing, warmongering plan.

That’s certainly true, and there are many echoes of the self-righteous militaristic strutting that led to lengthy disasters of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan—the surviving victims of which are still suffering today.

The frightening thing is that the present attempt to goad China into war has bi-partisan support in the world’s wealthiest, most powerful country.
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Most likely the communists think India would be the aggressor in a potential Taiwan takeover ?
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kit wrote:US military experts say a war over Taiwan is desirable because Asia’s growth to become world’s economic heartland has become unstoppable.”

Strategists admit West is goading China into war

US military experts say a war over Taiwan is desirable, because Asia’s growth to become world’s economic heartland has become unstoppable.

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Kit ji, it would help if you can cut-paste the content within the quote button - that way we can know what is from the article and what are your comments. Thx

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The companion article, written a wee bit earlier that the one above, but re-published at the same time: US stance on Ukraine, Taiwan uniting China, Russia

US deploying tripwires rather than building guardrails in moves that are strengthening the Sino-Russian quasi-alliance


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Meanwhile, no longer simmering:

Monday, Jul 26, 2022 :: US aircraft carrier group heads towards Taiwan as tension over Nancy Pelosi’s possible visit continues to grow

* The USS Ronald Reagan and its escorts left Singapore on Monday sailing northeast, according to ship tracking information
* The ship’s deployment comes after Beijing warned it would ‘take strong measures’ if the US house speaker visits the island







Do not poke the bear
Do not bluff the dragon
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Currently the PRC is not in any position to do anything about Taiwan militarily.

Once they develop such capacity. These provocations will stop.
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Xi warns Biden not to "play with fire" on Taiwan in 2-hour call
https://www.axios.com/2022/07/28/joe-bi ... all-taiwan
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Pratyush wrote:Currently the PRC is not in any position to do anything about Taiwan militarily.

Once they develop such capacity. These provocations will stop.
THIS trip is not about "Taiwan". So, "capacity" - at this point - does not matter.

Both Ukraine and Taiwan (and Iran) are diplomatic issues, not military. This was best stated by a German naval officer who resigned after making a controversial, but a simple, statement in India.

I do not think the US DoD is thrilled, but will follow orders.
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Only for the record:

https://twitter.com/HuXijin_GT/status/1 ... 7970760704
China state-affiliated media
If US fighter jets escort Pelosi’s plane into Taiwan, it is invasion. The PLA has the right to forcibly dispel Pelosi’s plane and the US fighter jets, including firing warning shots and making tactical movement of obstruction. If ineffective, then shoot them down.
CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk · 5h
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to depart for a tour of Asia today, though whether she'll make a high-stakes stop in Taiwan remains uncertain https://cnn.it/3Q03vny
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https://twitter.com/FrontalForce/status ... YF6ZMI9rGw ---> Breaking: US air force authorized to open fire in case of any Chinese interference on the plane carrying Pelosi.

https://twitter.com/TheLegateIN/status/ ... YF6ZMI9rGw ---> Chinese fighter jets (Su-35s & J-16s) cross Taiwan straits.
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https://twitter.com/SnakeEyesOS/status/ ... YF6ZMI9rGw ---> Nancy Pelosi's Plane Just Landed In Taiwan.
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Where was the PLAAF's J-20? Why send only J-16s and Su-35s?
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Ouch!!! Massive H&D loss
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suryag wrote:Ouch!!! Massive H&D loss
Indeed. Xi will have to respond in someway though, if he intends to keep his job of permanent Emperor of China.

If he does not, this will give the Sixth Generation of Chinese leadership to turn on Xi and remove him. They have been waiting for an opportunity and this could be it.
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I was hoping for a few J-17, J-20 and Su-35 to be shot by US as part of perimeter security exercise. Looks like single-child pilots chickened out at the last moment.
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Onlee touch and go from the mighty PLAAF ., their shiny toys are just for show or what., Galwan truly showed them what they are !! ..Winnie the Pooh showed what he is.

Taiwan premier urges China to up swine fever prevention while brandishing Pooh toy
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3632254

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And this takes the cake....

https://twitter.com/TheLegateIN/status/ ... 8837961729 ---> China struck severe blow to US, says Chinese foreign minister will not meet his US counterpart Blinken. :((
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:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

https://twitter.com/AmichaiStein1/statu ... YF6ZMI9rGw ----> BREAKING: At 02:50 in middle of the night, Beijing summons US ambassador to China to protest US House Speaker Pelosi's trip to Taiwan.
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(Caesar): “The Ides of March are come.”

(The Soothsayer): “Aye, Caesar, but not gone.”

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Too many moving parts.

* Neither the Biden admin nor the US DoD are thrilled with this dev. Now that the political statement has been made, the mil will face the tune - at a place and time of China's choosing
* Recall that the Soleimani event has not been squared away yet. The US tried to make up for it - Iran declined

* Aug 3rd, Lavrov arrives in Myanmar. With goodies in hand
* Russia has increased presence in Africa - back to her old supply-arms model
* In May Russia targeted an Israeli jet over Syria - sent one missile - per Israeli sources
* Iran, Argentina applications are in for BRICS (India is concerned that Pakistan may apply - thus is reluctant to expand BRICS)

* IMF (which has a blog !!!!) has warned about "geo-blocks" being formed and their impact on global supply chain and economies

* China is Taiwan's largest trade partner. Check to see what is happening there before the J-xx head out. Like Germany is being hollowed out, keep an eye on hollowing out Taiwan (just may be a great time for Indians to look for cheap tooling machines)

* IF Taiwan turns out to be anything like Ukraine, it will get very ugly pretty fast


This is just the start


(To be clear, the US mil is and has been itching to take on China (because of stealing techs). But, they are not really ready to battle within an A2/AD bubble at this time. That is where the 6th gen is supposed to come into play.)
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OMG !!! this is very amusing!!! Jokes apart, the next move would be that we could fuel your inflation by applying lockdowns and depriving Walmart and Target of cheap goods.
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This is a major shot across the bow . The new Cold War has officially begun


Let’s see how long the Chinese will hangout at the roof of the world while their heartland is challenged
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I think we should be careful, Xi has been publicly humiliated, let hope he does try to salvage H&D by attacking in the Himalayas.
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So after all the bluster and threats the Chinese decided to go with "Kadi Ninda" as their response?
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nachiket wrote:So after all the bluster and threats the Chinese decided to go with "Kadi Ninda" as their response?
They have no other choice at the moment. They will wait for Nancy Pelosi to leave, before they attempt any adventure over Taiwan. They cannot risk her getting killed or even getting hurt. For all their bravado, they will avoid conflict with the US at all costs. It will not end well for them.

The Chinese economy is also not doing too good. The BRI is turning out to a damp squib, Chinese banks are having debt problems and their economic growth rate is also slowing down. But Xi will still attempt something. His personal prestige - which is directly tied into his claim of Presidency aka Overlord and Emperor - is now at stake. If he does not do anything, it will be his political doom.

Like Galwan, the CCP and Xi have climbed on the back of a tiger from which they don't know how to get off.

But regardless, war between the US and China (or even a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, with zero US intervention*) will tank the global economy. The western economies can say goodbye to their lifestyle. Inflation will skyrocket and interest rates will be having conversations with clouds in the sky. Debt trapped countries like Pakistan and Sri Lanka will turn into all out anarchy, of which they are arguably very close to that fault line. And when anarchy sets in, then all logic will go out the window.

*Which will never happen. The US will intervene, with Japan following suit. Her status of superpower is on the line.

IMVHO, it is long overdue for the 6th Generation of Chinese leadership to forcibly show Xi the door. He has overstayed his welcome. The new generation can do a number of face saving and back tracking measures, that Xi just cannot do.

For India and our armed forces in particular, there will never be a more opportune time to go all in on Self Reliance. Buying gold plated platforms (114 MRFA with screwdrivergiri factory, Project 75I, MRCBF contest) will seriously tank the Indian economy if and when the balloon goes up. But our beloved Generals, Air Marshals and Admirals are unable to see the obvious. The only way I am seeing India weathering the economic storm that could come, is through Self Reliance aka Atmanirbhar Bharat. There is no other way.

LUH, LCH, Tejas Mk1A and Mk2, ATAGS, Dhanush, etc....go all in. I just happened to read (which you already know) that the Army is negotiating to purchase another 11 Apaches. Who sanctions the funds (and why) for these asinine purchases goes beyond me.

And for platforms that cannot be made in house, then purchase what is already currently in service. Rather than waste time and money on Project 75I, build more Scorpene boats with DRDO's AIP, USHUS sonar and Varunastra torpedoes. Yes the boat is somewhat compromised with the data leak, but in which decade is the Navy expecting to induct the first P-75I vessel?

Build a follow on Vikrant Class vessel with wider lifts. Soldier on with the MiG-29K, till the TEDBF is ready. Start working on an in-house Super Sukhoi upgrade. Order additional Tejas Mk1As and place order of intent for the Tejas Mk2. The list goes on....
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This Pelosi visit might be timed to put a dent in Xi's claim to a third term. He will be perceived as weak. India beware. Xi will want a victory. USA wins either way.
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China has reaffirmed its status as a bully. Xi will be hardpressed to explain this in the 20th National Congress if he survives that long. Popcorn time.

Not sure why the US still says that it stands by the One China policy - probably because it is loosely defined and plausible deniability. Biden really needed this - Pelosi and Al Zawahiri in a week.
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This is much a do about nothing. The PRC lacks the ability to take Taiwan for the foreseeable future. The US get's nothing that will last beyond the next 5 to 7 year's.

The PRC will lose nothing. Because they know that they can't win against the US in the near future.
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US army publication on Chinese tactics

https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs ... -WEB-1.pdf

At 252 pages it is not an easy read. But even periodic brief dives can be useful or insightful
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https://www.thedefensepost.com/2022/08/ ... ng-tanker/

So much for the inability of the PLAF to operate with full capacity against India in the northern sector.

150 of these and it's game over.
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if J-xx cannot take-off then from where will Y20 take-off from ? And if these are coming from hinterland - then IAF already has an early warning about it. Will IAF let J-xx tank-up peacefully while waiting for them to come into contested airspace ? War is not chivalry. S-400 firing 1 SAM at max-range is sufficient to mission-kill a tanker even if the tanker is able to outrun the SAM.
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Our Most Detailed Look Yet At China’s Type 055 Super Destroyer
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Larry Walker wrote:if J-xx cannot take-off then from where will Y20 take-off from ? And if these are coming from hinterland - then IAF already has an early warning about it. Will IAF let J-xx tank-up peacefully while waiting for them to come into contested airspace ? War is not chivalry. S-400 firing 1 SAM at max-range is sufficient to mission-kill a tanker even if the tanker is able to outrun the SAM.
1) PLAF will also have early warning. Not just the IAF.

2) the aircraft taking off from hinterland and flying 1000 kms from the home base can fuel a fighter taking off from Tibetan airbases. Gives PLAF options to conduct fighter operation.

3) even aircrafts from hinterland can be brought up to theatre through inflight refueling. For combat operations. Thereby, increasing overall PLAF forces available against IAF.
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https://indianexpress.com/article/expla ... d-8067508/

The chinese satellite, rocket launch and missile tracking ship arrives in Hambantota on Aug 11. This should give it plenty of time out at sea on August 7

On August 7 , at 9:18 am, ISRO is launching the SSLV [first launch] with Azadisat from SHAR

The NOTAM covers an area which is near Sri Lanka

https://np.reddit.com/r/ISRO/comments/w ... am_is_out/

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewe ... 28%2C0&z=1

Azadisat isn't military, but indian military has used microsats before (eg ASAT) and might be interested in the small satellite revolution and the SSLV
In any case, the SSLV/Azadisat might be of interest to the ship
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytime ... a.amp.html


No military action in the Taiwan Strait, as they felt they had been led to expect. No shoot-down, no missile attack, no fighter jet flying next to Ms. Pelosi’s plane. Just some denunciations and announcements of military exercises

Many people complained that they felt let down and lied to by the government. “Don’t put on a show of power if you don’t have the power,” wrote a Weibo user with the handle @shanshanmeiyoulaichi2hao shortly after the flight’s landing. “What a loss of face!”
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Barath wrote:https://indianexpress.com/article/expla ... d-8067508/

The chinese satellite, rocket launch and missile tracking ship arrives in Hambantota on Aug 11. This should give it plenty of time out at sea on August 7

Azadisat isn't military, but indian military has used microsats before (eg ASAT) and might be interested in the small satellite revolution and the SSLV
In any case, the SSLV/Azadisat might be of interest to the ship
Most likely another missile test maybe an SLBM corresponding to the launch window. SSLV is backup launch capability for satellites, so the tracking would be looking at placement in orbits , likely those of military significance. , so they can "take care" of them later. I thought LEO satellites would be easy to track
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Is there an SLBM test scheduled ? And other tests tend to be from near wheeler island and go over the bay of bengal ans some portions of the indian ocean (not necessarily near sri lanka).

I don't know why this ship set out. But given the location and timing i feel it likely it may take a look.
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https://eurasiantimes.com/chinas-mid-ai ... -fighters/
China’s Mid Air Spectacle! 1st Photo Showing Y-20 Tanker Refueling J-20, J-16 Jets Surfaces; PLAAF Can Now Reach ‘Everywhere’
This is what I have been dreading for the last few years.

If the PRC manages to build between 240 to 300 of these jets by 2035. Then they will have overcome the assurance that IAF has about the inability of PRC to operate over Tibetan plateau in any numbers.

By that time they will be having close to 2000 late 4th generation jets and a few hundred 5th generation jets.
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hnair wrote:That missile bouncing off does not mean a thing - it could be a training round (which means their targeting, locking and guidance works accurately) or it could be a fuze issue (which is very fixable). But the fact is they can bring their own ATGM into mass production and absorb that into their military is of concern.
The question that comes to mind is if that's a moving tank so most likely there would be a crew manning it. Then why would they test with live ammo and kill their own troops. Unless ofcourse tank is remote controlled or something.

I say it is test round without ammo just to check accuracy of track and hit .
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Re: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion

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https://twitter.com/TheLegateIN/status/ ... -sj012ZGtw ---> Report: Chinese aircraft carriers are still incapable of fully navigating to the Indian Ocean due to the lack of operational experiences and complexity in the South China Sea.
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https://www.janes.com/defence-news/air- ... pabilities

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), China's state-owned defence enterprise, highlighted the launch of two new unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – the FH-901 loitering munition and the CH-10 tiltrotor UAV – in a video shown during a forum on unmanned equipment in Beijing.

The video displayed a tank being attacked from the top by an FH-901 leading to its complete destruction, state-owned newspaper Global Times reported on 8 September.

Besides being cast from the ground surface, the FH-901 can also be launched in air by an aircraft, including a larger UAV, Global Times added.

The FH-901 has been termed by Global Times as the “Chinese equivalent” of the United States' Switchblade UAV developed by Virginia-based AeroVironment Inc.

According to Janes All the World's Aircraft: Unmanned , the Switchblade family, consisting of Switchblade 300 and Switchblade 600, were developed for use as a precision-attack tool against beyond line-of-sight targets. These are manportable, tube-launched, and non-recoverable attack UAVs.
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