https://youtu.be/DPp_Guk3GEc Joint multidimensional landing drill conducted in sea areas of East and South China" aka Chinese PLA Invasion of Taiwan Drill (with stirring music).
in Beijing for Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post (SCMP) reports. October 11, 2020 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3105059/chinese-military-stages-island-invasion-drill-during-taiwans
“Chinese military stages island invasion drill during Taiwan’s ‘Double Tenth’ holiday”
The large-scale PLA exercise saw units moving from multiple locations in a simulated air and seaborne attack
The exercise came as [Taiwan’s] President Tsai Ing-wen called for meaningful dialogue with the mainland during celebration to mark the foundation of the Republic of China.”
The People’s Liberation Army held a large-scale exercise
that simulated the invasion of an island during Taiwan’s Double Tenth holiday,
Chinese state media has reported.
The drill included new units such as drones, special forces and airborne troops, and saw forces moving from multiple locations in the coastal provinces of Guangdong and Fujian, some of them by night, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
“This exercise, with the effective integration of multiple new combat forces, increased the PLA’s capabilities in joint landings and three-dimensaional assaults,” the report said."
[as the SCMP article asks you to sign up more coverage is here https://sg.news.yahoo.com/chinese-military-stages-island-invasion-125655756.html
Producing a video is a whole lot easier than a real invasion. Just look at June 6, 1944, crossing just a narrow Channel. Here we are talking 180km of open seas, and China does not have anywhere near the sea lift of D-day. Besides, the Taiwanese will be defending their own homes, may I say country, because it is a country, unlike the Wehrmacht defending the beaches of France.
ReplyDeleteA "bully diplomacy" is not going to win over any friend. The JS Kaga light carrier (it is going to get F35B), the escort DD JS Ikazuchi, and the Soryu class submarine Shoryu are in Cam Ranh, not by coincidence.
KQN
Hi KQN
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, big changes on D-Day 1944 is China's fast jet Air Superiority over Taiwan, as well as the pinpoint Accuracy of China's SRBMs, cruise missiles and guided bombs.
These may destroy all Taiwanese vessels, 2 out of 4 submarines and bases in an instant.
Taiwanese "defending their own homes" cannot stopped ground/air/and ship to ground high explosive.
Regards
Pete
China is now practicing Trade Hostage "Diplomacy" against Australia.
ReplyDeleteEver since Australia (wrong-headedly - on the US Secretary of State's orders) suggested an international inquiry into Covid's start in Wuhan, China has retaliated by blocking Australian beef and barley exports to China.
Now China is also threatening Australian wine and perhaps Australian Coal imports as well https://www.marinelink.com/news/china-reportedly-banned-australian-coal-482405
StrategyPage article "The China Crawl" of Oct 16, 2020 at https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/articles/20201016.aspx
ReplyDeleteHas considerable detail and comment on the evolution of Chinese nuclear subs - from the 091 SSNs and 092 SSBNs to the present day.
The article opines that the USN has an accurate picture of the number and advances of the Chinese models but will not reveal publically how much it knows.
But the USN wants to keep its prowess at collecting PLA-N submarine details and plans in the dark, of course.