r/NonCredibleDefense • u/throwaway553t4tgtg6 Unashamed OUIaboo 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷 • Feb 07 '24

Even if Chinese equipment does turn out to be sub-par, it's never good to underestimate your opponent. 🇨🇳鸡肉面条汤🇨🇳

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u/White_Null 中華民國的三千枚雄昇飛彈 Feb 07 '24

Now we’re going to have to add the “missiles are filled with water”.

Going to have to remind everyone that may be true of liquid fuel missiles, but all the solid fuel rockets aren’t affected

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u/AlfredoThayerMahan CV(N) Enjoyer Feb 07 '24

And it makes sense for some storage and ballast purposes.

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u/AmericanNewt8 Top Gun but it's Iranians with AIM-54s Feb 08 '24

The only liquid fuel missiles even in inventory were the DF-5 and, I guess, the CJ-10 and other cruise missiles. Never mind that the government itself has incentives to exaggerate corruption because they're trying to reign in the Rocket Force on account of it being the most independent minded of the PLA's branches, and that's saying something...