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Even the USN is “moving back” from the Zumwalt for its next gen destroyer, a less ambitious design, and actually looks more akin to the PLAN’s Type 055.
The rail gun and tilt rotor tech may not be perfected, but 10 years is a long time in naval tech development, with the level of investment China is making, they will break through relatively quickly.
When the tech is known, catching up is a matter of R&D and espionage.
I suspect more replenishment at sea with support ships utilizing Chinese commercial ports for the next 5-10 years, politics and economics will dictate what happens beyond that. China has learned a lot participating in the counter piracy patrols of the last decade.
The Houthis, sure, but also that barrage of missiles from Iran.Lol, from whom? Houthi pirates?
Accidents / how many hours of operations?Their decades old legacy fleets need better drivers first
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I’m saying the Chinese can catch up to where the USN is now in 2024, by 2035.All I can say is all these is a bit of a wishful thinking........
Especially thinking China would absorb AW609 (Which was jointly developed and manufactured by Bell)
As I said, 10 years time frame is a bit generous, and this is also when we are talking about the US just stand still, and I don't see any evidence to suggest Chinese Navy tech is going to catch up with the US in just a decade.......you are basically saying Chinese R&D is operated at 300+% than the US skunkworks and alike.. Is this possible? Sure, but it is very unlikely.....
Chinese private firms will try to buy the AW609 for commercial purposes (vip transport for example) and the knowledge will flow into the Chinese tilt-rotor development firms.I doubt China will cooperate with Italy.
AVIC did show a tiltrotor model, but the engine configuration is completely different from the AW 609.
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The Houthis, sure, but also that barrage of missiles from Iran.
I’m not saying the SM-3/6 missiles are going to hit each target each and every time. But that they are more effective, against certain targets, than the S-300 derived missiles currently in use on the PLAN destroyers, if the performance of Russian S-300/400 systems in Ukraine are anything to go by.So 7 out of 110 ballistic missiles hit Israel. It was a multi nationals efforts to shoot down Iranian missiles and drones.and Iran was using old stock of ballistic missiles.it costs Israel 1.3 billion to shoot down what 30 mil dollars worth of missiles??? What if Iran fired thousands all at once and not just 110. Iran has the tendency to let the United States and Israel know when they will strike lolCountering Iran's overnight attack costs Israel $1.35bn: Israeli media
Israel's interception of dozens of Iranian missiles and drones overnight cost Tel Aviv up to 5 billion shekels ($1.35 billion), Israeli media reported on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reports. The daily...www.middleeastmonitor.com
Did you say 'for practice' as targets? Yes you did. You need to learn to read. That didn't change my statement the US has no supersonic anti-ship missile launched from their DDGs, did it? USN ships have been designed to shoot down mostly ballistic missiles. Houthis was not known to have shot a supersonic cruise missile at American warships yet and YET they are still in control of the Red Seas transportation traffic. That says a lot about how successful the US' guarding the israeli ships and themselves.Lol. USN has been using sea skimming supersonic missiles for target practice since the 80's starting with MQM-8G vandal missile and then using soviet kh-31/MA-31 missiles then GQM-163A drone target.