Trying to keep my reasoning succinct in order to avoid writing a wall of text:
The soviets were geographically blocked from this being an option
Similarly for Vietnam for different reasons
Cuba doesn’t have the option of dedicating the requisite amount resources(and has the misfortune of being an island next to the most powerful current naval power)
China has the geography to become a great naval power. Sure, it doesn’t have both coasts. It has land connections that led to the Silk Road being a thing on the other, possibly a greater advantage.
They are building up militarily, and seem to be advancing commercial maritime pursuits on this well.
Thoughts?
forgive my ignorance, but how would they target ones like the JL-2 and above?
aircraft carriers and the like are big, but that is a hell of a distance to fire at something around the size of a football pitch that can also move
I only read translated papers, I can't tell you the details.
fair
I think that's just a chart of different ballistic missile ranges. The anti-ship missiles are the innermost red line, and the longer range ones would be ICBMs. Looking it up to confirm, the JL-2 is a sub-launched nuclear ICBM.