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| China looks to learn from Russian failures in Ukraine |
| 2022-04-21 |
| [AnNahar] With its ground troops forced to pull back in Ukraine and regroup, and its Black Sea flagship sunk, Russia's military failings are mounting. No country is paying closer attention than China to how a smaller and outgunned force has badly bloodied what was thought to be one of the world's most powerful armies. China, like Russia, has been ambitiously reforming its Soviet-style military and experts say leader Xi Jinping will be carefully parsing the weaknesses exposed by the invasion of Ukraine as they might apply to his own People's Liberation Army and his designs on the self-governed island of Taiwan. "The big question Xi and the PLA leadership must be asking in light of Russian operations in Ukraine is whether a military that has undergone extensive reform and modernization will be able to execute operations that are far more complex than those Russia has undertaken during its invasion of Ukraine," said M. Taylor Fravel, director of the security studies program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 I'm pretty sure Tawain has far better weapons, and far better training, than Ukraine. Also troop transports at sea are sitting ducks. Also the economic pain that might result. Russia sells raw goods the west needs. China says cheap plastic crap nobody really needs. They face economic collapse if they get the same united opinion against an invasion of Taiwan. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2022-04-21 12:57 |
| #2 "The Russian convoys keep breaking down. Who made those crappy tires?" "We did" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2022-04-21 08:40 |
| #1 Yeah well the Shanghai lockdown and the subsequent protests have put Taiwan on the back burner. Biggest takeaway: there's a fresh food clock on top of a military click. Chinese don't trust canned/dried food. So supply fresh food will be a problem if ever they invade Taiwan. |
| Posted by: Percy Flotle3938 2022-04-21 08:28 |