China has developed a compact deep-sea device capable of cutting armored undersea cables at depths of 4,000 meters -- twice the operational depth of existing subsea communication infrastructure. The tool, featuring a 150-mm diamond-coated grinding wheel spinning at 1,600 rpm, was designed for integration with China's advanced submersibles. The development has raised concerns over the security of global undersea infrastructure, as such cables carry 95% of global data transmission and support critical military and civilian operations. Beijing has already cut cables to Taiwan and is constructing large 'D-Day' type amphibious landing craft.
China is not only a threat to the West in outer space, but they are becoming a maritime menace as well. Meanwhile, the GOP US national security team is cutting USIC personnel and squandering resources on Islamophobic misadventures in the Middle East, led by Dotard Trumpf and SECDEF Pete Hellsbreath.
... is constructing large 'D-Day' type amphibious landing craft. ...
The five signs China is preparing to invade Taiwan (January 2025)
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... With a new and unpredictable US president in the Oval Office and increased signs of China's belligerence in the Taiwan Strait, fears are growing that Beijing is accelerating plans to invade Taiwan, the island democracy that the Communist superpower regards as a renegade province.
Alarm bells rang on Wednesday with news that undersea cables connecting Taiwan with the Matsu Islands had been damaged. Taiwanese authorities said the incident may have resulted from natural decay. But already this month, Taiwanese authorities said a Chinese-owned vessel had damaged an undersea internet cable to the north-east of the island, even as Beijing's jets and warships continue to circle the island of 23 million people.
US intelligence suggests Xi Jinping has instructed his military to be prepared to make a move by 2027. And Xi, the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong, views retaking Taiwan as part of his political destiny. As such, many observers think it is a question of "when" not "if" he makes his move.
Here are the five signs that suggest China might be preparing to make a move on the island: ...
#2: Hi Lamplighter: Concur, the time for any despotic ruler to attack another country would be during the abhorrent 2025-2029 Trumpf regime. And China has been observing which military tactics and technology works in Ukraine. Beijing built up global goodwill outside of Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines, so they won't be diplomatically isolated. Taiwan is quite vulnerable.
Note the huge landing craft China is constructing serves a dual purpose. Analysts used the term "D-Day type", but they are also "Inchon-type": news.bbc.co.uk
At one point (I don't know when), Beijing is going to tire of the lunatic Kim Jong-un dynasty at their border with an ever-increasing nuclear stockpile.
Gee, I wonder why they made that tool?
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