It has 16 VLS missile launchers with pump-jet propulsion.
For comparison, it has surpassed the Los Angeles Class and have reached similar levels of capabilities to the Virginia class submarine.
Why is it significant?
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There are 3 main ways for China to deter US intervention in a Taiwan scenario.
1️⃣ Missile based area denial system.
2️⃣Use our carrier battle groups to box out the US navy.
3️⃣Have enough nuclear submarines in the Western Pacific to force the US second guess themselves.
Even though our calculus is that the US is very unlikely to get directly involved. But in war, always plan for all outcomes however unlikely.
The Type-093B is the first nuclear submarine where our navy have decided to build in large batches, all at once.
EU tariff on Chinese EVs is not about subsidies, since every country subsidizes the green industry.
They made it very clear, the tariff is a way to force Chinese carmakers to invest in the EU and produce cars locally.
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Making cars in their respective market is pretty common in the automotive industries.
Chinese carmakers certainly don't shy away from setting up factories overseas, such as BYD in Thailand, with factories in Hungary, Turkey and Brazil coming soon.
So our carmakers would've done it anyway without the antagonistic tariffs. It expands our market, while the core components would still be made in China.
China's Liaoning carrier battle group is near Mindanao Philippines.
Our carrier battle groups with aid from anti-ship ballistic missiles, will turn Western Pacific into our bastion.
Severing sea lines of communication to the island of Taiwan & Philippines.
Its importance:
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The US can brag about stationing this and that in the Philippines, but in a high intensity shooting war, those stocks on foreign land will quickly be depleted.
The Philippines itself cannot sustain any major war effort, nor can Okinawa or the island of Taiwan.
Thus isolating those island is of paramount importance.
Western Pacific is not Europe, American weapons cannot just drive up to the borders like for Ukraine.
Vulnerable nodes like ports are easily taken out of action, starving whatever asset the US may have on those islands.
Realistically, how can the Arab world and Iran unite to stop Israel.
The key is to cooperate with China and the wider Global South. It won't be easy nor a short term endeavor.
A realistic and candid thread, no hyperbole.
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With the normalized genocide in Gaza, and the political assassinations causing hundreds of civilian deaths in Lebanon, Israel is clearly a menace out of control.
The compromised West won't do anything, in fact they are condoning and actively supporting this behavior.
Hence it's up to the Middle East region to band together and stop Israel.
Israel may seem like a lunatic, but they are not. They act with impunity because they don't see any repercussions.
500 million Muslims in the Middle East vs 7 million Jews, why aren't they afraid?