Have you ever fixed any machinery? Am not talking about building a computer but actual mechanical stuff. Never mind. That was a rhetorical question. I doubt you have anything worse than a paper cut.
Anyway...
For any action, there is a reaction and that reaction is resistance. Take a nut and bolt, for example. Exposed to the elements, the nut will produce greater resistance to attempts to loosen it from the bolt. An experienced mechanic will know better than a novice on how to deal with such conditions. That is why you always have to pay more for experience of any kind, whether it is the plumber, the auto mechanic, a programmer, a soldier, or a pilot.
The corollary is that with combat experience, the US, particularly the Navy, will glean out details that casual and ignorant observers, like you guys here, will miss out. With combat experience, the USN will note the timing of ship movements, radio transmissions, radar emissions, or flights, and put them into a coherent picture. We will note how the PLAN respond to weather compare to ours. At sea, how to deal with sea states is critical.
en.wikipedia.org
How does the PLAN deal with various sea states regarding ship movements? Do
YOU know? Can you even guess how the USN can use this information in battle? For example...
In that source, each vessel have a 'Sea State' range. Do
YOU know how PLAN destroyers and cruisers maneuvers in State 2 or 3?
The U.S. Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) this week issued a Request for Information (RFI) for a Variable Depth Sonar (VDS) System for the future Constellation-class frigate.
www.navalnews.com
4. Provide environmental operational capability documentation that includes the proven range of operational speed, ability to perform during ship maneuvering, and operational sea state based on the NATO Sea State Table.
Have
YOU ever been on a boat going across a lake, not open sea, with 1-foot swell? If never, then what make you think you know better than experienced sailors on what they can observe of the PLAN ships around Taiwan? Am Air Force, not Navy, and already I can guess some.
So you guys can 'drill' and try to scare the Taiwanese all you want, for now. We will observe and take plenty of notes.