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2021-12-20 China-Japan-Koreas

China's Growing Dominance in Maritime Shipping

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Posted by The Walking Unvaxed 2021-12-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Commies

#1 China boasts the world’s second largest fleet of commercial shipping vessels and, according to the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence, has now surpassed the United States as the world’s largest navy in terms of total battle force ships.

True dat, as far as it goes. But if we decided in any future war against them to go after their merchies, they're gonna discover PDQ that yer boats can't be everywhere...and it's not going to be very helpful to, say, conquer Taiwan when the ships you need to transport your ill-gotten gains all over the world are on the bottom of the ocean or trapped in/out of port by mines and submarines you can't see.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2021-12-20 06:14|| 2021-12-20 06:14|| Front Page Top

#2 battle force ships

Does this include coastal vessels which lack projection capabilities? Not that those responsible for the head count would ever cheat in their tabulation. /sarc off

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-12-20 07:24|| 2021-12-20 07:24|| Front Page Top

#3 trapped in/out of port

Or parked off LA.

Posted by Skidmark 2021-12-20 10:23|| 2021-12-20 10:23|| Front Page Top

#4 ...transport your ill-gotten gains all over the world are on the bottom of the ocean

With today's supertankers, I see record setting 'tonnage' sunk reaching new heights. I see Liberia and Panama record making registrations of flagged shipping.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-12-20 13:15|| 2021-12-20 13:15|| Front Page Top

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