PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS [he/him, they/them] to politics • 3 years agoCheck this out if you want to understand the scope of the Chinese threatimagemessage-square34 fedilinkarrow-up145file-text
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minus-squareCrimsonSage [any]hexbear13·3 years agoDoesn't China have only one military base outside their borders? link
minus-squarenat_turner_overdrive [he/him]hexbear12·3 years agoit feels like more though US State Dept link
minus-squarecawsby [he/him]hexbear10·edit-23 years agoChina only has one aircraft carrier, and they have not really set themselves up as a blue water navy, yet. So no real need. The PLA Navy is structured for projecting power close to home. They have tons and tons of small and medium frigates and corvettes, but most of those would be useless in the open ocean. link
minus-squaressjmarx [he/him]hexbear10·3 years agoI think that's the flag over by the Strait of Hormuz, the People's Navy bases out of their for anti-piracy stuff. The rest might be "Chinese influence" or Belt and Road stuff though. link
Doesn't China have only one military base outside their borders?
it feels like more though
China only has one aircraft carrier, and they have not really set themselves up as a blue water navy, yet. So no real need.
The PLA Navy is structured for projecting power close to home.
They have tons and tons of small and medium frigates and corvettes, but most of those would be useless in the open ocean.
I think that's the flag over by the Strait of Hormuz, the People's Navy bases out of their for anti-piracy stuff.
The rest might be "Chinese influence" or Belt and Road stuff though.