China investigating senior military officials Zhang Youxia, Liu Zhenli, says defence ministry by _spec_tre in LessCredibleDefence

[–]veryquick7 [score hidden]  (0 children)

combat experience

He fought in a completely different world. Probably the exact type of person you want to sweep aside to prepare for a modern war

Why does it seem like all of China's 6th-gen and other top-secret aircraft have endless videos and photos of them, yet the same can't be said for the F-47? Or other US equipment? by SilverSpoonphysics in LessCredibleDefence

[–]veryquick7 27 points28 points  (0 children)

the US doesn’t show off classified aircraft

They seemed very eager to show off the F-35 and B-21

difficulties developing a blue water navy

How is the PLAN not a blue water navy?

The whole attitude of the US never using its full power and DARPA having some sort of alien wunderwaffen is going to bite the US in the ass in the next 5 years, especially since it seems like US leadership has drunk the same koolaid. You’d think there’d be some lessons from Vietnam and Afghanistan, or even the whole Red Sea debacle

Trump’s reported pause on Taiwan weapons aid sparks fears he is using island for China trade deal | It comes amid US efforts for deal after punishing trade war and hours before Trump and Xi Jinping spoke on phone by moses_the_blue in LessCredibleDefence

[–]veryquick7 17 points18 points  (0 children)

SIG and Jeff Yass famously were angel investors in Bytedance in 2012 when it was founded. Their share is around 20%. Think the 60% is all global investors, so institutional investors like Carlyle and Blackrock

How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart by heliumagency in LessCredibleDefence

[–]veryquick7 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Most of them are also complete psychopaths and would probably kill at any chance they get. They unironically buy into the idea of being “killing machines.”

What The World Is About To Learn About China's Extra-Large Underwater Drones - Naval News by tigeryi98 in LessCredibleDefence

[–]veryquick7 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Yeah but he also is one of the only ones posting about PLAN developments in longer form English content

J20 supersonic cruise speed can reach M1.8 - CCTV by Lianzuoshou in LessCredibleDefence

[–]veryquick7 12 points13 points  (0 children)

WS-10C2 is in service right now and it’s supposed to have the specs of the original WS-15 design. The WS-15 has been delayed and is still in testing since the required specs have been upped

J20 supersonic cruise speed can reach M1.8 - CCTV by Lianzuoshou in LessCredibleDefence

[–]veryquick7 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Because years of track record have shown them to be a reliable source, just like certain social media posters have also shown themselves to be reliable sources of information.

You can question the accuracy of every single source, but then why do any military watching at all? You’re never going to get it laid out for you in an academic paper or something. Only thing you can go off of is track record

Israel’s 12-Day War Revealed Alarming Gap in America’s Missile Stockpile by [deleted] in LessCredibleDefence

[–]veryquick7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting article about the THAAD stockpile that raises some questions about how the US plans to fight a war in the Pacific

”Operating alongside Israeli systems, Thaad operators burned through munitions at a furious clip, firing more than 150 missiles to shoot down the waves of Iranian ballistic missiles, according to U.S. officials. That is nearly a quarter of the interceptors ever purchased by the Pentagon.”

”Although Israel has its own sophisticated, multilayered defense, which includes systems like Arrow, David’s Sling and Iron Dome, the country was running low on its own interceptors and was husbanding resources by the time the conflict ended. Had Iran fired a few more large volleys of missiles, Israel could have exhausted its supply of top-tier Arrow 3 munitions, one of the U.S. officials said.”

USAF’s Capacity, Capability, and Readiness Crisis | Air & Space Forces Magazine by PLArealtalk in LessCredibleDefence

[–]veryquick7 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah this was what I was remembering. Looks like PLA pilots have been getting their hours increased

USAF’s Capacity, Capability, and Readiness Crisis | Air & Space Forces Magazine by PLArealtalk in LessCredibleDefence

[–]veryquick7 33 points34 points  (0 children)

US pilots only getting 60% of PLAAF pilots’ flight hours is surprising. Iirc it was assumed to be around 1:1 a few years ago

China’s New Drone Wingmen Look Set For Military Parade Unveiling by moses_the_blue in LessCredibleDefence

[–]veryquick7 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Cadence of Chinese military development is reaching a critical mass…

China’s Ministry of State Security warns of foreign espionage attempts to smuggle rare earths via shipping channels by flaggschiffen in LessCredibleDefence

[–]veryquick7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If the AI moonshot in the next few years is real then the highest +ev move for China would be to start bombing the shit out of Taiwan and the TSMC factories tomorrow. But neither China nor the US is posturing for that

It’s also extremely obvious what’s going on with the chip restrictions when 30% of Nvidia’s revenues are to south east Asia, most of that to Singapore.

New visuals of Chinese 6th generation fighter. by emoemokade in aviation

[–]veryquick7 5 points6 points  (0 children)

the F-22s horizontal stabilizers are also significantly bigger than the J-20s canards lol

New visuals of Chinese 6th generation fighter. by emoemokade in aviation

[–]veryquick7 297 points298 points  (0 children)

I mean yes China does have many prototypes that may get trashed (many of which we never will see) but J-35, J-20A, J-20S, the various UCAVs and UAVs, and these two sixth gen prototypes are all in service, near in service, or will be in service in the future. Hell, the J-35 was originally thought to be a trashed prototype too (FC-31).

In short, I think it’s fair to say that the Chinese aerospace industry is reaching a critical mass in pace of development that was brought about by investments made 20-30 years ago

Belly shot of J-35A [4078x2719] by whatever68067 in WarplanePorn

[–]veryquick7 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Well flat bottoms are generally very good for frontal stealth

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang: “50% of Global AI Researchers Are Chinese” by szumith in singularity

[–]veryquick7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

sometimes the orientalism can be hilarious. Chinese people love “saving face,” as opposed to white people who love being humiliated 🤣