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China is building at least five new special purpose barges which appear tailor made for amphibious assault. The barges may provide the PRC (People's Republic of China) with a unique way to offload large numbers of tanks directly onto Taiwanese roads.

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[-] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago

It's a shame how much human ingenuity is only deemed viable (from a resource expenditure standpoint) in a military context. A barge with a retractable cable-stsyef bridge is cool AF. Fighter aircraft probably feel amazing to fly - their performance characteristics must be fun AF to experience. But they're so resources intensive to operate that it only makes sense in a military context.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 3 hours ago

You don't build the world's largest navy because you don't intend to use it.

But trump is anti-china so he'll defend Taiwan... right? Right?

(Spoiler alert: no lol)

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 6 hours ago

Who ever thought he was anti-china? He's spoken many times about how he loves China: https://youtu.be/HL7o6np84pg

[-] archomrade@midwest.social 4 points 4 hours ago

He loves exploiting China.

[-] FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 0 points 9 hours ago

Well… fuck

[-] Geobloke@lemm.ee 3 points 20 hours ago

Nah he's against wars. Well unless he can bullying them like panama or Greenland

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