China is out to destroy Taiwan and it's population? I guess we have dropped whole liberation facade.
Personally I don't understand whole Taiwan issue... is China really threatened by Island with 20 million on it? I'd make a common sense thing and regonize their independence and get over it and...
Mobile anti-ship missiles platforms are hard to located especially on area whats under heavy SAM coverage.
Naval mines are deployed weeks before combat operations would start and Taiwanese would have time to do it as PLA gearing up for large won't go unnoticed. I think you guys are...
It isn't as easy as you think especially since Taiwan is heavily fortified and they got a lot of anti-ship weaponry.
China is right now lacking especially on anti-naval mine warfare ships... 055 destroyers are impressive but minesweepers would be more important if they want clear up way for...
I don't think China has navy ready for task like that since Taiwanese have tons of naval mines and anti-ship missiles so PLAN will most likely suffer heavy casulties. Maybe in 2030's but then again Taiwan has extra toys by then.
Bad performance of Russian army in Ukraine probably has made Xi...
Talibans never had anything more than few Chinese flir sights for their guns and what they captured or bought from corrupted Afghan army commanders. Nobody send them modern ATGM's or manpads.
Talibans never had similar weapons what Ukrainians have.
If someone had thrown thousands of modern atgm's at talibans US casulties would have been higher especially armored vehicle losses as they were driving around protecting convoys.
At least this war should be a wake up call for all Russia fanboys who think it's a some kinda superpower... or even a great power. Britain and France took a long time to accept that they aren't colonial superpowers anymore, but eventually most of them accepted the reality, Russians haven't yet...
Most sources say there are nuclear version of Brahmos and it's canistered weapon therefore it would be good guess to assume warheads are mated with missiles.
What kinda security mechanisms do Indian nuclear weapons have? Hopefully good because if Indians don't have anything like PAL they could accidentally launch missile with live warhead.
TVC engines were seen as good addition in 1980-2000 but then helmet mounted sights combined with more manurevable short-range missiles become reality so TVCs only pros are good looking stunts in airshows.
TVC engines biggest negatives are higher cost and weight.