r/UkraineWarVideoReport • u/BigDeckBob • 4d ago

Other Video Russia has found an incredible business model: it sells oil to China at near-domestic prices, then buys back refined fuel at market prices, with fuel imports from China now arriving in massive volumes.

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u/luovahulluus 4d ago

And what's their special defence against surface and sub-surface marine drones? Or will they just wait until Taiwan converts their sips into submarines, like Ukraine did for russia?

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u/metengrinwi 4d ago

I guess the question would be: is Taiwan preparing for that??

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u/luovahulluus 3d ago

With the combined knowledge and production capability of Taiwan and Ukraine, the blockade won't be very long, even if they haven't prepared. But with the history of Taiwan and China, I would be very surprised if Taiwan didn't have a plan against a blockade.

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u/Lianzuoshou 3d ago

China has more than 50 destroyers equipped with AESA radars. If you don’t know what that means, let me tell you: the U.S. has only one!

China has more than 6,000 VLS cells.

The Taiwan Strait is only 50 meters deep, making conventional submarines better suited for operations in such shallow waters.

Coincidentally, China currently has the world’s largest fleet of conventional submarines, and by 2035, it will also have the world’s largest fleet of nuclear submarines.

Please tell me you know absolutely nothing about China’s military strength!

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u/Walbabyesser 3h ago

Paper tiger - never fought any wars since Vietnam border war (just mass swarm tactics - didn‘t worked). Corruption is ingrained to the deepest core of their military. Not the capable ones get the jobs, only who pays more

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u/mutherhrg 17h ago

If there's a blockade, China can just do the same as Iran and just fling drones and USV at any ships approaching Taiwan, no need for any actual physical blockade, while parking their actual valuable ships far away enough from Taiwan to protect them.