The Chinese navy is the largest maritime force on Earth, boasting a total of 355 vessels, the US Defense Department revealed in a recent report released Wednesday.
China's navy, known as the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), has 355 ships and submarines, with an estimated 145 major surface combatants.
The navy is also readying its ability to carry out long-range precision strikes against land targets and enhance its anti-submarine warfare, further strengthening China's global power projection capabilities, the report noted.
And this number is only expected to grow in the future, with the Defense Department anticipating the Chinese fleet to grow to 460 ships by 2030.
In addition to the world's largest navy, China also possesses the world's largest standing army and the third-largest air force. This is in addition to the country's noted nuclear capabilities.
The report is significant as it comes amid tensions between China and nearby Taiwan, which has long claimed independence as its own state, though this independence is denied by mainland China.
For over a year, China has made numerous incursions on Taiwanese airspace, culminating in the largest one ever on October 1. Later that month, the US and Canada sent warships into the Taiwan Strait, an act condemned by China.
On Friday, China went further in fighting against Taiwanese independence, stating that anyone who supports Taiwan's independence would be criminally liable for life. This is the first time that China has spelled out concrete punishment for people deemed to be pro-Taiwan independence.
After approval of the state budget last week, the IDF can work on significantly increasing its stockpile of precision munitions in coming years.
The number of munitions that the military will purchase from the United States will be bolstered substantially compared to what has been held previously because of an increase in incoming threats and because of a greater number of targets identified by the military.
The IDF purchased tens of thousands of precision-guided munitions (PGMs) from the United States in recent years and used hundreds of Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) during Operation Guardian of the Walls in May on targets in the densely populated Gaza Strip.
Though all JDAMs have been replenished by Washington, The Jerusalem Postlearned that with the passing of the budget the military plans to acquire far more than ever before by 2024.
Though Washington has replenished Israel’s JDAM stockpile, the Americans are not willing to approve every request.
The IDF has been busy gathering thousands of targets in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and even Iran over the past two years, expecting rounds of violence to break out at any moment. The use of such high-precision munitions affords the hitting of strategic targets in crowded civilian environments with minimal civilian casualties.
No one cares. IF there were a need to win over an invasion of sorts, it's all about strategy first implemented, than tactical employed movements to overcome an enemy that seeks your destruction. In my opinion, where those amounts of ships are, before allowing them to disperse to flank ours, they need destroyed in one burst as an example, or the dam where silent nuke SUbs are emerged into the ocean, break up dams, etc...
ReplyDeleteIt's War Planner's with Intel about CCP's strategy that would be off-set, the amounts of toys they have then won't matter, IMO! More psych-op's, because if USA is twenty years advanced as they use to strive to be, our toys are better, quicker, more precise, goes further, and laser's are more advanced, IMO. Let CCP pound their chest, and we keep our secrets close to our vest, shut our mouth for once along with catching their spies stealing our information that is classified; We have traitor's within our Government that even allowed China to feel this empowered, outsource jobs to make China wealthier to put back into their Military, are we stupid or something? Yes, we have people who have sold us out and needed prison eon's ago, perhaps we will learn before it's the hard way! Sick of hearing China this, or China that, they need slam dunk for the virus BS right now IMO; They are touting because they know they need spanked BIG time IMO! OK, for those that hate violence, then do it another way, economically, right? Look what they did to us without a shot, right? Are we stupid or something? Yes, we had traitor's within help those communist, and they too need to sink with ship when it goes down, IMO! Figuratively and literally speaking, this year better see some heads roll IMO! Enough of playing dumb. We whine, complain, it's time for put up or shut up IMO