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To the details: for a few years now, we've seen what've been known as "deck cargo ships" being used in PLA military transport exercises. 
https://twitter.com/defpriorities/status/1969097497277546639She's pretty clear about how we got where we are: close to a US-PRC war, that the problem started with Taiwan.
My guess is that those are a flank array and a bow array.
Right now it’s just Xi driving by - wondering now if they’re going to roll this stuff past like in the past or if this is it?
...based on AIS data, what also appears to be a container ship under construction for a TAIWANESE Company, Evergreen Lines.
This exceeds any of my estimates, which usually run a bit over 2-to-1 in hull count, and about 1.5-1 in tonnage.https://x.com/tshugart3/status/1766471657885925753
https://twitter.com/tshugart3/status/1881429087627137310In this 9 March image, we can see that three of the LPTs have left (numbers 6, 2, and 1 from the previous thread).


NOTE: if this thread looks familiar, it's because I put it up yesterday with a link to the article at the top. I'm re-upping it today as ab experiment to see if there's a difference in reach from not putting the link at the top (plus I'll fix some typos).
https://x.com/tshugart3/status/1638995381236256768
We also get news the PLARF is doubling the size of the DF-5 liquid-fueled ICBM silo force.
https://x.com/tshugart3/status/1869747458152284414First, the report provides a section on PLARF force structure, with an estimate ICBM brigades have 6-12 launchers, other brigades 24-48—a detail I don't recall from previous reports.
In general, I'd say the report has few surprises this year (but one significant one, detailed in the next installment).https://twitter.com/AndyBxxx/status/18396648687038015821. cont'd: rumors of a new "auxiliary nuclear powerplant for electricity generation for fitting into conventional submarine designs" (like the subs they've been building at Wuhan) have been circulating for years, so not that surprising of a development.cimsec.org/pla-navys-plan…