Martian2
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Since this is a military forum, I want to focus on a military-based benchmark to determine whether China is a clever country.
There are only two countries that indigenously build AESA-equipped destroyers to control the battlespace: the United States and China. Hence, aside from Americans, we can conclude China is more clever than everyone else.
Type 052C destroyer equipped with AESA radar is in serial production
Type 052C AESA-equipped DDG 150 on her maiden voyage
AESA is an acronym for "Active Electronically Scanned Array." Only China (Type 052C or Lanzhou-class) and the United States (Aegis-class) indigenously manufacture destroyers with AESA radar systems. A Lanzhou- or Aegis-class destroyer costs approximately $1 billion per ship.
[Note: Thank you to Marchpole and HobbyShanghai.net for the picture and caption.]
There are only two countries that indigenously build AESA-equipped destroyers to control the battlespace: the United States and China. Hence, aside from Americans, we can conclude China is more clever than everyone else.
Type 052C destroyer equipped with AESA radar is in serial production
Type 052C AESA-equipped DDG 150 on her maiden voyage
AESA is an acronym for "Active Electronically Scanned Array." Only China (Type 052C or Lanzhou-class) and the United States (Aegis-class) indigenously manufacture destroyers with AESA radar systems. A Lanzhou- or Aegis-class destroyer costs approximately $1 billion per ship.
[Note: Thank you to Marchpole and HobbyShanghai.net for the picture and caption.]