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China defeated US in the development of Fleet of Small Warships

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China defeated US in the development of Fleet of Small Warships, Advanced Jetfighters and Surface to Air Missiles
December 1, 2011

Ten years ago, the U.S. Navy set about building a new class of small, cheap, numerous Littoral Combat Ships meant to dominate dangerous coastal waters. But after a decade of politics and design-by-committee, the LCS has turned out to be anything but small, cheap and numerous. LCS is the “wrong ship at the wrong time,” retired Navy Cmdr. John Patch wrote.

On the other side of the Pacific, the Navy’s biggest maritime rival, faced with the same requirement for small, cheap, numerous ships, quickly produced exactly that. The result is the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s triple-hull Type 022 missile boat, a “thoroughbred ship-killer,” according to Patch.

To some observers, the PLAN missile boat — or, more to the point, packs of these boats — poses yet another major Chinese threat to U.S. power in the Pacific. Eighty-three Type 022s firing more than 640 anti-ship missiles in quick salvos represent a “serious cause for concern,” according to retired Navy Cmdr. George Root.

To others, the diminutive Type 022s look like mere juicy targets for American helicopters and submarines. They cite the extremely poor combat record of small-missiles boats doing battle with larger vessels and aircraft.

One thing is indisputable. The Type 022 is “a potential success story on how to field small combatants,” Patch wrote. Its merits in combat remain to be seen, but at least the ship exists to perform a combat role. The same cannot be said of the huge fleet of LCSs the U.S. Navy thought it would have by now.

Seven-Year Sprint

In just seven years, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy has built 83 of the 400-ton Type 022s at an estimated cost of $40 million per ship. And production continues at a high rate in several shipyards. The U.S. Navy, by comparison, has finished just two LCS in the same span of time, each at a cost of more than $600 million.

The Chinese ships sport eight anti-ship missiles apiece plus defensive guns and surface-to-air missiles. The American vessels, lightly armed in their own right, are designed to accommodate “plug-and-play” weapons kits, none of which are complete.
 
No matter what china won't understand difference between quality and quantity.... World changing fast but china still believes quantity better then quality.... i seen a table about india, china, south korea future naval list. It said china would build 150 to 180 ships worth 20 billion dollars. india would build 130 ships worth 40 plus billion dollars.... You see? Quantity is cheap but quality is expensive.... Dont match your cheap navy to mighty american navy. Their few ships are good enough to sink your whole navy.... China just loves showoff too much. Even russia laughs at it. A country who do showoff too much is indication that country lives in fear....
 
I googled the source for this to some blog which credited it to a wired.com blog.


Again, Wired.com Danger Room :hitwall:

Move along.
 
haha,China is a power or not doesnt matter much,what China cares now is the economy.onec you get enough money ,you can do a lot of things.when you dont have money,there will be nothing you can do.that will be more like Soviets.
 
haha,China is a power or not doesnt matter much,what China cares now is the economy.onec you get enough money ,you can do a lot of things.when you dont have money,there will be nothing you can do.that will be more like Soviets.
Yes, it's a pity the only thing China cares about is money.

Whilst we in the west spend millions trying to conserve animals that you guys kill for your primitive medicines. Tigers, Rhino etc

Pity you also don't care much about human rights or life in general. A country so obsessed with money and individual gain, that a little girl run over is ignored :(

You might become an economic power, but you will still be morally bankrupt. That's why you can never be as powerful as the USA.
 
Yes, it's a pity the only thing China cares about is money.

Whilst we in the west spend millions trying to conserve animals that you guys kill for your primitive medicines. Tigers, Rhino etc

Pity you also don't care much about human rights or life in general. A country so obsessed with money and individual gain, that a little girl run over is ignored :(

You might become an economic power, but you will still be morally bankrupt. That's why you can never be as powerful as the USA.

One girl dying is very tragic, but you still haven't responded on how 24000 freezing to death in one of the richest countries in the world is justified. And British truly do not care about that.

BTW, Chinese forest area has increased in the past decade, while it has decreased elsewhere.
 
One girl dying is very tragic, but you still haven't responded on how 24000 freezing to death in one of the richest countries in the world is justified. And British truly do not care about that.

BTW, Chinese forest area has increased in the past decade, while it has decreased elsewhere.

Where did you get 24,000 from? that seems a very high number. All our pensioners get a subsidy for heating.

Link please.

Nice to hear about your forests. Pity the Panda is dying out and you throw villagers out of their homes to make Dams and build roads. Some of them are never even re-housed.
 
Where did you get 24,000 from? that seems a very high number. All our pensioners get a subsidy for heating.

Link please.

Nice to hear about your forests. Pity the Panda is dying out and you throw villagers out of their homes to make Dams and build roads. Some of them are never even re-housed.

BBC News - Gas prices rising: Can you cut your bill by 15%?

"There were 25,400 deaths caused by cold weather last winter, according to the Office for National Statistics, with most of the deceased aged 75 and over."

Dams reduce carbon emissions. Can't have it both ways buddy. Panda ain't dying out. Only elderly British are dying out :lol:
 

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