[Jeff Head]

The Chicomms are updating and upgrading their PLAN (Navy) as quickly as they can, and they are doing it to unltimately confront the U.S. Navy.

As regards this new ship, which in fact does represent a generation jump in the last 2-3 years, compare their new AEGIS destroyer with our very latest Burke AEGIS destroyer. See any similarities?

New Type 052C PLAN Anti-Air DDG

Latest U.S. Navy Burke Class AEGIS DDG

Don't let ANYONE tell you that the Clinton Admin didn't sell us down the tubes. The PLAN was twenty five to thirty years behind us in technology and anything approaching our capability in 1993. Now, they are building these as fast as they can. They put out two of the general combatanbts last year and have already launched one of these this year. Probably shooting for a two a year production rate at the current time.

Even with that, without some very serious technological advantage, like some sort of super-supercavitating weapon to take on our carriers like I describe in:

The Dragon's Fury Series
A Series about World War III

...they will still not be capable of achieving their regional or global goal against the U.S. Navy. We siply are too large and have too much experience, and with the CBG's and our submarines, have an unassailable edge.

But, the way they are building up and moving forward though, I have to wonder if they don't have something like that up their sleave. IMHO, we must remain vigilant and confront the growing threat that the PRC represents...and stop funding them in their military buildup.

Best Fregards.

Jeff

[Tailgunner Joe]

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[rmlew]

They look alike. However, the important issue is the equipment of the ships.
How does the C4I compare with the Aegis system? (given the vast improvement in computers over the past 20 years, it is not inconcievable that the Chinese destroyers have systems equal to early Ticonderoga Cruisers.
Weapons: How does the S-300 variant compare with the SM-2?
What other missles are carried on the chinese destroyers, the SS-N-25?
Radar: How good is the ChiCom phased-array radar? How does it compare with the SPY-1D?
Sonar: How good are the ASW detection capabilites? Historically, China and Russia have been far behind, although Chinahas bought and copied French equipment.

[joanie-f]

Just another example of something we can lay at the door of the Clinton administration. His real legacy will be realized as the gifts he bestowed begin to bear dangerous fruit. This is just the beginning.

Been thinking more and more lately that sometimes international events taste uncannily like reality-based fiction .

[LibertyAndJusticeForAll]

The PRC has a new toy that looks just like one of ours. Aint "free trade" wonderful.