Hmm Missed this trend This seems like a bad sign Specifically like a strong strategic commitment by chinahttps://twitter.com/tshugart3/status/1306311601968955394 …
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Replying to @eigenrobot
This is a fake neem, pentagon gunning for sweet sweet cash. They be counting tiny gunboats the USN doesn't even number.
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Replying to @QuizzicalAvi @eigenrobot
check out the thread eigen linked, chinese navy has more total tonnage by a big margin
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Nope. The thread only talks about *new* tonnage. The US has a lot more existing tonnage than China. They're catching up, but they're not already ahead despite what
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Replying to @argyriou15 @QuizzicalAvi and
Oh my bad I thought it was active tonnage, not new tonnage
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Replying to @willdoingthings @argyriou15 and
since you seem knowledgeable—is there any point to building a bunch of ships when anti-ship missiles exist? (I know that US missile defense systems are surprisingly effective, or at least THAAD is.)
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Replying to @willdoingthings @argyriou15 and
No one quite knows what large scale naval warfare looks like in the missile era. Basic question is if defensive tech outstrips offensive tech at present like at the beginning of WW1.
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Replying to @QuizzicalAvi @willdoingthings and
And nobody's navy can defend against nukes.
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yeah but
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