Probably just media precursor to the actual sale of the smaller KJ-200 dish based on Y-8 airframe. The one spotted in Pakistan is most likely. Chinese weapons sale to Pakistan have mostly been transferred under joint development programs…

creting?
cruption?

It’s hard to understand people whith such poor english!
And no, I don’t support any kind of piracy

Why is it every time when you get caught with your pants down, you’d resort to insults?

Heh…picking out typos won’t rectify the stupid notion of relating the act of maritime piracy (which Indonesia is known for) to intellectual piracy.

All in all, I see a stupid post and an even more stupid rebuttal…

This should be a Type 094 SSBN being built at Huludao based on the measurements. Too big to be a Type 093, and matches up pretty close with the XIA in the drydock at Qingdao.

Could be the xia going in for repairs a while ago… how recent is this pic?

Some claim the 094 to be similar to Xia so it is quite difficult to tell…

Is that some sort of joke?

That is the meta file attached with original picture. Much like burning the date onto film.

Unless someone messed with the data, which isn’t especially easy, then the date is when the picture was taken.

You can CLAIM 360 degrees. What I tried to show that the antenna is a PLANAR ARRAY, for which it is IMPOSSIBLE to have 360 degree coverage. Any amount of electronics is not going to radiate energy close to 90 degrees from a planar array antenna.

totoro, a rotating array have real 360 degree coverage.

And I am not disputing that a beam type antenna can not serve the purpose. All I am saying that the 360 degrees claim is bogus.

I don’t really see the problem as you can turn the plane a few degress to port or starbord every so often and you’d have covered you blind spot.

The rotating array have 360 coverage at the cost of low refresh rate. New AEW&C designs have all but gave up on a rotating array.

Malaysia has a claim over the Spratleys too (they have Scorpenes)

Malaysian Scorpenes like much all all asian navies are white elephant trophies.

They hardly have the funds to puts these boats to sea. Where is the creditibility of Sub threat when you have a spotty crew and undermaintained arms?

Even well maintained navies like Taiwan still manage find difficulties in Sub operations and repeated failures in its weapons.

and no, the Spratleys issue is not resolved in the international court of justice yet, so China is as much an illegal occupier of the islands as any of the others. :rolleyes:

Purly anpathetical notions as the international court of justice have no jusistiction over any nation. If this is a bilateral issue it will be solved as such between the involved countries.

If the carrier is built to counter Vietnam and Philippines then this is pure stupidity – the PLAN doesn’t need a carrier to beat either of them. (Or are the PLAN’s new 052Cs, 052Bs and Sovremennys in your opinion so lousy that the PLAN needs an additional carrier to be useful against the fleets of Vietnam and Philippines? 😀 )

How far is Philippines or much of vietnam away form the chinese mainland?
How many chinese aircraft can ferry the journey with enough arms and still have enough loiter time?

Aircraft carrier insure a maintained presence in the South china sea and the ability maintain dominance is exactly what the destroyer lacks. Or do you intend to argue that Britain could have won the falklands without carriers since no Argentinian ship is on par with british destroyers?

I didn’t say he is a Chinese (even though I am guessing he should be a Chinese). I said he is a nationalism toward China because everytime he made a statement, he trashed others stuffs but boosted Chinese products.

I don’t think he’s a China nationality, but rather a Chinese race outside of China, like Hong Kong, Singapore, or even Taiwan etc. base on him typing Traditional Chinese:
舔舔我的雞巴.

well arn’t we taking things too seriously here?

Typing Traditional chinese could be out of convenience as I often do on Taiwanese forums.

That for no reason should prove some to be Tiawanese or Honger…

Interesting though the choice of slang used here. Since Northern chinese would never use the slang 雞巴 or Hongers

I’m guessing either Taiwanese or right across the coast in Fujian province.

The reason why the West do Amphib Warfare the way they do is because the lessons which led to such methods were learnt and paid for in blood. Oh of course, you could claim that the Chinese has the Chinese way of doing it… but logistics (and logistics is the whole problem in Amphib warfare) applies equally to China as it does to the West.

Do you have anything to say about PLA logistics, Instead of just throwing out a topic?

Doesn’t matter. Unless they can be launched over the horizon like the USMC’s AAAVs, amphib vessels are still subject to land-based attacks. In fact, even if they’re launched from over the horizon, Taiwan’s E-2Ts still can direct attacks onto China’s amphib assets.

It does matter because now PLA has sufficient depth to manuvre and PLA transport assets may not be attacked by RoC ground forces in direct engagement. PLA envisioned amphib assul vehicles to be attacked from ground forces. Have you noticed the emphasis on live firing on the swim during recent PLA exercises? RoC may know that amphib forces are comming but if the RoCAf assets are tied down by PLAAF in the warzone then the emphasis will not be for fire support.

You also didn’t address the need for the PLAMC to build up a beachhead – which would necessitate the LSTs coming in onto the beach. Can the PLA assure that its beachhead stay unscathed?

Yers with the 15th abc or 155rd light mechanized being air droped or heli inserted to tie down reinfocement.

btw reinfocement won’t be as speedy as you think. Divisonal mobilization takes 72 hours and with the initiative from PLA, RoCA will be on the defensive most of the time without reinforcements.

You also didn’t address how the amphibs would handle the problem of mines when the PLAN’s minesweeping capability is so low. That, and the fact that PLAN’s minesweeping would have to be done PRIOR to any amphib invasion, which would in turn give away at which point would the invasion come from, and allow for redeployment of ROC forces to repel the invasion.

Because you don’t mine your front door unless war is emminant and by that time it’s too late. Mines would only work if there is a show down of force that last for several days/month ahead of the war. PLA WZC is based on speed and tactical strength of early deployment.

Assuming away problems is not a good way to evaluate the chances of a successful invasion. Taiwan has had more than enough time to take precautions and build system redundencies against missile attacks. Can you be certain of their ineffectiveness?

I never assume away problems. and unless you provide reasons why ROCA would have more time to prepare than the PLA who enjoys the initiative, I really don’t see your point.

Let me repeat… divisional level mobilization is ~ 72 hours at best and even if ROCA catch wind of PLA deployments it is already too late as by the time PLA is in its last stages and would soon be deployable. 2nd line units take even longer to be deployable.

Uh, familiarizing PLA forces to running arond the beach like headless chickens?

familiarizing it self with limited objectives and more decision making in the coy level ops. From your post I take it you have not much understanding to PLA command echelon as you don’t even seem to know that all command are handed down by central command with Corp level and not much independant decisions are made by battalion and coy level. This being unnecessarily long decision time and sometimes troops loss sight of the objective. Now decision making time are shortened to only 5 min and orders are to be issued within 10 min.

You have no way of determining, but you believe PLA enjoys the advantage? The Faith is strong in you, young noo-b wan.

Stop being childish.
No true analyst will claim victory before the war is faught. What we can deduce is who has the advantage and where.