*#China deploys stealth destroyers... *

(3/n)

....Those exercises focused on #MaritimeSecurity, counter #Piracy operations, and coordinated #naval maneuvers in the #Gulf of #Oman."1)

"The jamming system is so powerful that it can jam low orbital satellites, crippling the enemy's GPS system.

#China built it in such a way so it can take on blue water missions to the middle east, #IndianOcean and far away from home. The destroyer is also equipped with #Antisubmarine #Warfare systems,...

*#China deploys stealth destroyers... *

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... including a torpedo launching helicopter..."

"...Type-055 poses strong threats to any modern destroyer the #USA has, it is basically a hybrid of #Destroyer-Cruiser capable of both protecting allies and strong offensive." 3)

"The #Type055 is widely regarded by both #Chinese and #Western sources as representing the world's most capable surface combatant class...

3)
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*#China deploys stealth destroyers... *

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...However, only eight are currently in service with eight more planned, reflecting the higher cost and complexity compared to the #Type052D series." 2)

Just another of these "#ArmsDeals," you might reply?

Well, not quite. Let's take an #Asian perspective, and things become much clearer:

"*China Arms Iran With Kamikaze Drones, HQ-16 Air Defences and...

1)
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#Naval #Maritime #NavalStrategy #MaritimeSecurity

China Arms Iran With Kamikaze Drones, HQ-16 Air Defences and Hypersonic Talks as US Strike Looms Over Persian Gulf Power Balance

China has reportedly transferred kamikaze drones and HQ-16/HQ-17AE air defence systems to Iran while negotiating anti-ship and hypersonic missile sales, reshaping regional deterrence calculations as US carrier deployments raise the risk of direct con…

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...*#China deploys stealth destroyers... *

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*...Hypersonic Talks as US Strike Looms Over #PersianGulf Power Balance*

#Beijing’s [alleged] delivery of #LoiteringMunitions, surface-to-air missile batteries and potential DF-17 hypersonic systems [to #Iran] signals a decisive shift in #MiddleEast deterrence architecture amid escalating #US force posture adjustments.

(DEFENCE SECURITY ASIA) — The reported delivery of #Chinese offensive and defensive weapons systems to #Iran unfolds...

*#China deploys stealth destroyers... *

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...at a moment when #UnitedStates force posture adjustments in the #MiddleEast suggest credible preparation for potential #military action, 👉thereby transforming what might otherwise be a transactional arms transfer into a strategic inflection point with implications for regional deterrence stability and global energy security👈..."

“One #Arab official familiar with the deliveries described the offensive weapons as ‘small’ systems,”...

*#China deploys...destroyers... *

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...while “another regional intelligence official said #Beijing had sent #LoiteringMunitions, or #KamikazeDrones, to the #IslamicRepublic,” signalling that even ostensibly limited transfers carry asymmetric implications against superior #Western #airpower in a contested theatre..."

👉A duration of the #IranianWar of just "...four weeks...," in particular with the partial goal of #RegimeChange, now seems even unlikelier, IMO👈
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China Arms Iran With Kamikaze Drones, HQ-16 Air Defences and Hypersonic Talks as US Strike Looms Over Persian Gulf Power Balance

China has reportedly transferred kamikaze drones and HQ-16/HQ-17AE air defence systems to Iran while negotiating anti-ship and hypersonic missile sales, reshaping regional deterrence calculations as US carrier deployments raise the risk of direct con…

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Hmmm. Worrying.

Iran looking like a test zone for Chinese warfare equipment.
Guessing that it's going to come up as high quality. Unlike Russian equipment in the invasion of Ukraine.

(Gaza looks like test zone for insurgence control, and population control, equipment.)

@skua

Yes, very much.

My thinking, alas.