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It's childish if not silly to assume ASW is sub vs sub like it's a boxing game, especially near shores. That's why I didn't even bother to bring 093/095 (which are SSN) into the picture of hunting down your subs near our shores, cos it's called littoral warfare, a term perhaps alien to armchair...

You just answered your question: Russia paid an hefty price by staying too close to the shore, didn't they? Even when they are supposed to have eliminated the Ukrainian naval capabilities in the first week of war, their own navy get wack near the coast. You are extremely confident of US ability...

No, they can't interfere with Taiwan in any conventional way including use of LACM or AShM from SSN/SSGN's, distance do not allow, their subs will stay far away from Guanlan + Y-9ASW, SSK039 + 056A/927/HSU001 + CH6, i.e. >2000km from shore. Surface vessels are equally if not even more vulnerable...

This sums it up ...

There is no conventional way that US sub fleet can interfere in Taiwan, it's too close to the continent and surrounding seas are well within PLASSF/PLAN's littoral ASW network (Guanlan + Y-9ASW + SSK039 + 056A/927/HSU001 + CH6), USS Connecticut is an example...

Some fresh imagery (3/2022) from the new PLAN nuclear submarine shipyard at Huludao. It looks like they're just about done building the last big building. You can now see the transfer setup where they'll take roll the submarines out on tracks from the right and into the blue transfer dock, then...

Yes, 052D and 055 both uses UVLS Ø850mm. That's huge compared with other VLS in the world, good for housing very large missiles or multi-pack cannister. UVLS silos have 3 difference depths: 3m "defence" version shallow but good for multi-pack, 7m "tactical" and 9m "strike". While 052D is a...

HQ-9B cold launched from 055

HQ-9 is the "main battle tank", HQ-22 is a "medium tank", the two can be used together as hi-lo mix in a layered air defence.

The MTU 16V396 SE8 was MTU design & patent, licensed made in China by Shanxi Diesel (中国山西柴油机公司) and used in early batches of 039 aka 039A, 039AG. This model number was specified in the signed contract between China-Thailand in May 2017 Later Germany refused to give export permit, German...

Second batch of Y-20's landing at Nikola Tesla Airport just now, according to Serbian sources

Several Y-20A's (six were dispatched today) unloading cargo at Nikola Tesla Airport, Belgrade, Serbia. 44.8238°, 20.2884°

Excellent! This the 3rd sat of the Gaofen-3 constellation, together with the two already in orbit now Gaofen-3 area revisit time can be cut down to about 5 hours. Expect more to come. Gaofen-3 constellation is part of CHEOS (China High-definition Earth Observation System), the sats feature...

Y-9G EW aircraft at western Pacific, 4th April

From testimony of Admiral Charles A. Richard, Commander of USSTRATCOM, April 5 before The House Subcommittee on Defense. https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP02/20220405/114575/HHRG-117-AP02-Wstate-RichardC-20220405.pdf

An overview of the FC-31, J-XY/35 family tree, including the forthcoming expected "land based J-XY/35 variant" but whose lineage we do not fully know if it will be a land variant of J-XY/35, OR a derived variant of FC-31 V2. Credit https://twitter.com/RickJoe_PLA

NEWS CENTER 03 Apr 2022 11:21 Kazakhstan thwarts assassination attempt on President Tokayev Security forces have detained a foreign intelligence agent planning to assassinate Kazakhistan’s president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the National Security Committee (NSC) of Kazakhstan said. “On March...

So far it's PLA only so no pricing info (launcher, ammunition, scout UAV etc) available yet. Yes, Taiwan strait is ~180 km so well within strike range.

PCL-191 can use Ø370mm guided rockets at range 350 km, or Ø750mm Fire Dragon 480 ballistic missile at range of 500 km. Recon, situational awareness, and precision targeting of this PLA long range artillery can be greatly enhanced by using hi-speed turbojet scout UAV like FX-500...

Chatter on weibo says 003 gonna miss the Navy Day (23 April), yes the delay due to Shanghai Covid lockdown, damn it! This was Nay Day 2021: