China is building at least five new special purpose barges which appear tailor made for amphibious assault. The barges may provide the PRC (People's Republic of China) with a unique way to offload large numbers of tanks directly onto Taiwanese roads.

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[–] Geobloke@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago

Nah he's against wars. Well unless he can bullying them like panama or Greenland

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 5 months ago

You don't build the world's largest navy because you don't intend to use it.

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

It's a shame how much human ingenuity is only deemed viable (from a resource expenditure standpoint) in a military context. A barge with a retractable cable-stsyef bridge is cool AF. Fighter aircraft probably feel amazing to fly - their performance characteristics must be fun AF to experience. But they're so resources intensive to operate that it only makes sense in a military context.

[–] FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago

Well… fuck