Re:US navy released worst rust photo to date
by cjbgkagh on Saturday December 31, 2022 @02:00PM
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If I was China I'd invest in carriers just to make the US invest even more in their own carriers as well invest more into anti-carrier capability. This sort of strategy is common in games, where a tactic is feigned in order to elicit a costly counter from the competitor.
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Re:US navy released worst rust photo to date
by credit_guy on Saturday December 31, 2022 @09:10PM
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That's a plausible strategy, but it has 2 problems. First is that China is not in a position to outspend the US in an arms race, at least not yet. Second is that the US does not show any signs of increasing its aircraft carrier procurement in response.
Occam's razor would suggest China invests in aircraft carriers because it sees an actual benefit.
Re:US navy released worst rust photo to date
by cjbgkagh on Saturday December 31, 2022 @09:46PM
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China doesn't need to outspend the US to make it worthwhile, and you don't defend against aircraft carriers with other aircraft carriers. And Occam's razor is reductive here; it's politics not math.