Same as US brag abt it demilitarized China military installation in spratly island but nothing has happen yet while Chinese instead added more weaponery by parking J-16 fighter/bomber and added more SAM on the island.
Dispute in South China Sea is between regional players such as China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines and Vietnam.
US is an external player in this matter and unlikely to deter China from militarizing it when other stakeholders are not stopping China from doing so. You do not pick a fight with your largest trading partner [needlessly].
American objective, at most, is to prevent a forceful takeover of Taiwan and/or make a conflict between China and another stakeholder in South China Sea costly for China. Let us hope that situation in SCS does not escalate to this level.
USN vessels frequenting South China Sea, suggest "posturing." They are not instructed to deter China from militarizing this region.
It’s silly of you try to lump China and same group with Syria as example to demonstrate US superiority. They are different class.
I did not lump China with Syria in the context of military might; I pointed out that two USN vessels wrecked Shayrat airbase in April 7, 2017 which was accorded protection by advanced Russian defenses in the region, to send a message to relevant actors [to watch their moves]. I suspect electronic warfare* in this incident.
*During Operation Neptune Spear, US
spoofed relevant Pakistani radar installations in order to deter PAF from mobilizing and intercepting its helicopters that raided a compound in Abbottabad. Pakistani ACM became aware of this raid through a phone call (from COAS) but it was too late by then.
If advanced Russian defenses are not sufficient to deter American aggression, then China has to worry. It is foolish to underestimate American war-machine.
The LeGenD is a well known US worshipper who will trusted any US achievement without questioning... Like his claim of US aegis as invincible. Mind you , that system is still just a PESA.
No weapon system is invincible but Aegis is very good at what it is supposed to do. PESA and AESA are for the gullible to boast about. Smart individuals would be curious about the complexity of algorithms that are involved in the design of Aegis - not in public domain.
Arleigh Burke class destroyer [on the whole] is a very complex system, and can see targets in both S-band and X-band frequencies. Perhaps more.
Yes yes, US is so advanced but how did it ICBM mid course interceptor failed compare to China?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/us/politics/missile-launch-test-failed.amp.html
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.news.com.au/technology/innovation/china-conducts-successful-interception-of-ballistic-missile-in-earths-orbit/news-story/76554886bd4f48b19f24b06237d8f1ae
All these missile interception are carry out high up in the outer space. They are monitor by each rival countries. The test result cannot be manipulate. If you failed,it’s failed. It is a fact, US failed while China succeed. Btw, these is China 8 rds of missile interception, proving its highly maturity.
I think somebody is overhype of US military might.
Do you even understand the sources you cite in support of your argument?
The interceptor that failed in a test in 2018 is SM-3 Block IIA; this interceptor was designed with input from Japan but it has not matured yet. What kind of test this was and whether the interceptor was stressed beyond its capacity - is unclear.
Do you see me bragging about Chinese failures in its experiments? I see no point in this.
Objective of
testing is to stress a [prototype] in various operational aspects to see if it works as intended (or not). Statistics of failure in this regard, are asinine.
The only documented case of a successful midcourse intercept of an ICBM-class target is FTG-15 in 2017:
China has not provided similar evidence of achieving a midcourse intercept in any of its test so far. There is also a high degree of censorship for similar experiments in China so I am not sure about their interpretation of success.
Success is a relative term - completely rest upon the "objective" of a test.
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On a personal note:
China is doing the right thing and its advances in the matters of "missile defense" are duly noted. China understand the significance of such defenses in the future, a step in the right direction.
Unfortunately, Pakistan is utterly lacking in this area. Our budget too low.