Don't mind us, just testing our hypersonic missiles by flying it across Taiwan:

Even before the main stage of the exercise kicked off on Thursday, Global Times called them “unprecedented,” adding that Chinese missiles were expected to “fly over the island of Taiwan for the first time.” People's Liberation Army (PLA) forces are also expected to enter the area within 12 nautical miles of the island, and could potentially surround the island “entirely,” it added, citing military “experts.”

  • TechnologyMoth [comrade/them,any]
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    2 years ago

    Libs in the US are trying to paint this show of military strength as a flacid signal, but how many people in the US have had the experience of seeing an advanced, potentially hostile, military surround them

    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Time was the US would send 3 or 4 carrier battle groups to do a counter show. But they can barely muster 1.

        • Mardoniush [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          There's the aptly named Ronald Regan in the area for the Chinese to Top Gun with their missiles.