Beijing just flexed its navy in the South China Sea, but in a ridiculous way that the US could smoke

[F-22Raptor]

Beijing put on a massive show of force on Monday with more than 40 of its navy's ships sailing in formation with is sole operational aircraft carrier for one of the first times ever in the South China Sea, but a close look at the exercise shows something way off.

Satellite imagery of the event, provided by Planet Labs, shows the incredible scale of the exercise, which mostly consisted of rows of two ships lined up neatly.

The formation makes a good photo opportunity, but it's not practical for battle.

China showed off frigates, destroyers, aircraft, submarines, and an aircraft carrier, but a few US bombers could likely smoke the whole formation in a single pass.

"While impressive view, they would be a rich target pool for four B-1s bombers with 96 newly fielded long-range anti-ship cruise missiles," Hans Kristensen, a military expert and the Director of the Nuclear Information Project tweeted, referring to the US's B-1B Lancer bomber.

The ships were not in a usual combat formation, and left exposed to air attacks that could devastate a large portion of the force outright in a battle.

Though the huge formation "highlights an extensive ability to deploy, we are still left to guess at the [China's navy's] combat readiness," Collin Koh, a security expert at Singapore's S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, told Reuters.

China has worked hard to improve the practicality and capability of its navy in recent years, but as a force with virtually no combat experience, it sill lags a long way behind the US Navy and other tested forces.

http://www.businessinsider.com/china-navy-south-china-sea-flex-us-could-hit-2018-3

 

[somebozo]

At least next 50 Years for China to catch on US and NATO combat abilities.

 

[jaybird]

Duh... it's just for photo op and show of force to send a message just like the U.S does all the time. Does this picture looks practical for battle? No.... but it looks good and intimidating.

 

[terranMarine]

Is that supposed to intimidate China? Words are spreading we just send 40 warships and an Aircraft Carrier to SCS.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Alex Lockie is becoming the David Axe of Business Insider.

 

[nang2]

the same expert would claim that he discovered a huge vulnerability in the military parade formation.

 

[qwerrty]

it's a parade for photo op before the real exercise start like the army did not long ago in mongolia

 

[terranMarine]

Inner Mongolia

 

[dy1022]

 

[Jlaw]

US fake media is losing it day by day. It used to be fake media was hard to debunk. Now with so many 95iq whites writing for them one can instantly debunk the lies.
Fake news media you must try harder!

 

[Beast]

At least next 50 Years for China to catch on US and NATO combat abilities.

Sourgrape ran out of excuse? Even a 3years old know they are doing photo shoot and not some battle formation. The writer either is telling other he is stupid or simply just try to say something bad about China without justifications.

And we go a smart Alec really believe his words? There show his IQ level.

 

[andylrd]

Damn, it is of course for photoes.
No need your smart experts to tell otherwise, of the formation...

 

[Dalit]

The US is a joke of the entire world. All they can do is downplay the development of other nations. What a sour grapes.

The US should focus on grabbing pu$$y and hating Muslims. This is where the Americans excel at.

 

[TaiShang]

US fake media is losing it day by day. It used to be fake media was hard to debunk. Now with so many 95iq whites writing for them one can instantly debunk the lies.
Fake news media you must try harder!

US propaganda used to be good and effective.

Now the US propaganda has become a sea of logical fallacies and sources of joke. I think confrontation with Russia on the information battlefield has deranged them. They are fighting a very lackluster battle now. Just look at the small island called England and how they are making a clown out of themselves, making only Dotard and his small circle allies believe in their stories.

These are the countries that innovated Iron Curtain, Domino Theory etc. They used to have devilish smart people like Kennan. Now, they are down as low as Dotard and "Go away and shut up" type of diplomats.

The more China rises, they more deranged and demented they will get. That's a natural progress of evolution versus devolution.

The OP of this thread, F22-Raptor, is an Indian. Not joking. He came out of closet and now back in the hiding.

So, pardon the Indian OP for posting this 85 level article. For the Indian, this article is a genius.

 

[Beast]

US propaganda used to be good and effective.

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Now the US propaganda has become a sea of logical fallacies and sources of joke. I think confrontation with Russia on the information battlefield has deranged them. They are fighting a very lackluster battle now. Just look at the small island called England and how they are making a clown out of themselves, making only Dotard and his small circle allies believe in their stories.

These are the countries that innovated Iron Curtain, Domino Theory etc. They used to have devilish smart people like Kennan. Now, they are down as low as Dotard and "Go away and shut up" type of diplomats.

The more China rises, they more deranged and demented they will get. That's a natural progress of evolution versus devolution.

The OP of this thread, F22-Raptor, is an Indian. Not joking. He came out of closet and now back in the hiding.

So, pardon the Indian OP for posting this 85 level article. For the Indian, this article is a genius.

Indian are ashamed of their zero achievement. So need to hide behind American flag to boast their ego when challenges superpower China.