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2018-04-16 China-Japan-Koreas

China's biggest EVER naval exercise: Huge show of force off Taiwan features 48 warships and submarines

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Posted by Skidmark 2018-04-16 04:23|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
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#1 from the pics it was more of a parade than a sortie. Gotta wonder how many US subs were watching.

Posted by Mercutio 2018-04-16 08:48|| 2018-04-16 08:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Usually the pics of exercises like this are mostly the heading to or away ones where everything looks pretty for the camera.

I would bet several subs and Intelligence planes/ships were watching and gathers a lot of intel on how well they operate.

Posted by DarthVader 2018-04-16 14:28|| 2018-04-16 14:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Anybody notice if aircraft took off from or landed on their carrier during the parade (other than helos)?

Posted by Mullah Richard 2018-04-16 18:46|| 2018-04-16 18:46|| Front Page Top

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