Yes I am. Calling me a false flagger is useless. If you say I am false flagger, I'll change my flag for your comfort. Is that alright?
I do care. These PLA soldiers should stop. BTW, Vietnam should stop claiming the SC Sea.
If you change your original flag for others comfort, so you're not Filippine.
Vietnam did not claiming SC sea, again, we claim our EEZ along Paracel and Spartly Islands. You said you not Chinese and you living in Australia but noone will believe you because what you said...
No, 6 is not enought, even for defence.
The tactical situation in Vietnam is actually more or less the same with Japan. The only different between those 2 are, Vietnam is poor while Japan is rich.
The solution however, is the same. Either vietnam boost up their shore patrol ability, or roll over and die.
I am not talking about an all out race with China, as there are no way in probably 500 years Vietnam can catup up on par with the spending Chinese does, but building a sub is a mean of deterring any potential enemy for a naval engagement. Cause sub is the only offensive weapon in Naval Arsenal other than an Aircraft Carrier. And sub is way way way cheaper to build and easier to train than an a Aircraft carrier.
Vietnam should focus on this, instead of land base missile or aircraft and patrol craft which only look pretty but have no or low value on any Seaborne target.
Getting it real is good, only if you have time. I understand where you coming from but unless some X-factor coming out from Vietnam, Vietnam will always a smaller market than China, hence Vietnam will always have a smaller economy than China on a 1 on 1 par.
The only real goal for Vietnamese Military as i can see is try to catch up and pull up against the Chinese so that they don't get left behind by the Chinese for long. And every year you do not do that and waiting on your economy to recover, it take about 3 to 4 years more to catch up. if you focus on your economy for long and ignore the serious gap between your Military, then when Vietnam become a prosper country, there may not be a vietnam to begin with.....
Realistically, you are right. But you guys are facing a uncomformal enemy, and what you don't see yet is, you guys a lagging way bebind. You do not have time to wait on your economy, by the it would be too late. You need to do your economy and Military parallely.
And if you use philippine as your pivot point, you will be plainly quite wrong to begin with, as Philippine are a very special case.
Philippine are under full US Protection until 1992. When they decided to kick us all out without a sound defence plan itself. THen economy crisis hit and they cannot do anything nor can they recover without our help. Hence the crappy military now. They don't need a military to defend themselve before then it's too late when they realise they need it and they have no money to afford it.
You have problems with your argument because you view our situation with American and Australian way. (Many of your opinion is same with me, so no need to said about it more!)
We're not US and Aussies, so we can't spend near 40 billions dollars for twelve Sub, and yet, not to say about others stuff.
Submarine in our tactic is not offensive weapon. I'm sure you know that China have 12 Kilo and dozen other SSK for now, but we still buy Kilo, Why!?
SCS is not blue ocean where Aircraft carrier team is dominated force and Vietnam has a long coastline along with the South China Sea which it's mean we have advantage for defend. We just need our force alway be ready and wait for enemy fell on the trap, our combine forces will give them tickets to go visit God of Sea.
Sub is good for silence strike, but just focus on this with innocent thought that China will go in trap so easy is idiot.
I just said it with Viet, and will say it again for you, Jhungry. You're not VNese and you don't understand China enough like us!
China was not play only in SCS, they strike us on many sections: economy, diplomatic, culture....
We still good in military defense, but worse on economy section at now. New toys need time to learn how play with it either.
Why did people said that China can challenged US now!? Is it because China grow too much enough for now!? It's just a part of story, another like everyone know that US in economy problems and weakness in some place.
Let China troll with you and focus too much in military defense which it's mean winning for China because just like you said: VN never could cacth up China size.