@@JeffBilkins I suggested he at the very minimum make an Amazon Wishlist with a good microphone and anything else he thinks might help. Sounds like soundproofing/dampening material for the walls would go a long way. That, or running it through Nvidia broadcast.
@@jimadamson8563 This quote has to be in reference to Admiral kuznetsov response to project 627 T-15 torpedo mod to the November class. They remove all the torpedo tubes in place for the T15 torpedo, a 100 megaton warhead, either one bomb or 2 tzar bombs one in front of the other. I don't remember the full quote but basically when presented with the idea he said "I do not need this submarine in my navy, this submarine could start a war" as it only has one purpose, to destroy a city in a first strike. Problem is they're field testing the modern version right now with the Poseidon or status-6 project.
@@Tomas-x8x I don’t think so. The revolutionary propulsion made it extra quiet. That‘s the goal of every sub. In the book the propulsion system is actually just a pump jet - if I am not mistaken. So it does not really change the whole purpose of the Typhoon class subs. Which are very clearly second strike weapons.
Spuds and Jack-ups are different in operation. Jack-ups lift themselves out of the water so the weight is on the legs and spuds use the legs as temporary anchors but the vessels buoyancy carries the weight.
Yep. I am calling these jack ups for ease of comms, and because I think that they are, but not 100% confident. The sketch maybe needs a subtle adjustment to the waterline but too late now. Was thinking about that as I spoke but didn’t expect anyone to notice! Love this quality comment, thank you
@@HISuttonCovertShores I wouldn't worry, you produce the best content in your subject area out there. I can only wish I had half the talent you do for producing diagrams. These appear to have superior utility to the pier style of JLOTS with a very short emplacement time as well. www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/incidental-take-authorization-us-navy-joint-logistics-over-shore-training-virginia-and-north It is also not uncommon for jackups to be used as linkspans in the commercial ferry world. Holyhead port in wales had a jackup barge used as a linkspan adapter for years. Though these jackups are far too large to be commercially viable for this use, as you noted.
No plan survives contact with the enemy. Not even Chinese plans. In their last war over 40 years ago - they lost to Vietnam. Vietnam didn't have carriers. USA has eleven nuke carriers and others.
By invasion you guys mean to prevent a rebelious province financed from an foreign superpower from separating? Like what if China gave equipment and money to Texas for them to separate? Or Hawai? Or Porto Rico, all these places in the US have separatist movements.
Nice content but a really rough sound recording with a lot of echo in the room. Recommend a good table microphone and sound dampening on the wall to reduce the room echo. Wall blankets would help.
I second the suggestion. I watched the whole presentation and found it well researched. However the sound quality was a constant irritation. The quality of the commentary with the plentiful imagery was excellent. I will look for more from your channel but please listen to the advice of other youtube channels on sound quality.
@@paulelder9488 I agree, like you can't make out some words as they are very muffled as well. I'd expect someone that's producing these "high quality" analysis to have a better mic than a shitty zoom call.
The barges are kinda cool, yes. But I also had no idea the chinese RoRo-ferries are built to carry tanks and support amphibious operations. I wonder if they have better subdivision than conventional RoRos... seeing as conventional RoRos already have stability problems while carrying smaller loads. One dreads to think what would happen if a RoRo gets hit by a torpedo.
I honestly don't know if this is sarcasm, a misunderstanding on your part, or a misunderstanding on my part. My understanding was that when he mentioned supporting RoRo it would be specifically built ships for this purpose with the special thingie, not like, commuter RoRos.
China’s RoRo’s are the weak link, as despite a military carrying spec, they are a vulnerable design. You have to assume China won’t be sending tank ferries across any sea until they’ve seen off every hostile submarine in that area. Sea Mines would likely be the greatest threat to such a mission. Repelling every threat from every hostile nation before they can set off would still be a daunting task. Although Taiwan is clearly the #1 target, there are a number of islands around the South China Sea that will be unhappy about the existence of these bridge landing craft.
@@MsZeeZed submarine is just one threat the remote seamines and sea skimming missiles is a bigger threat those ferries have a huge radar signature that even smoke cant hide it from the missiles sensors. Taiwans land based anti ship missile is huge. They got a thousand of them especially the Hsiung Feng II and III.
Thank you for your work. These videos are full information I haven't usually seen anywhere before and they are so well constructed with all the images you make. Great work, my guy! But.. And I hate to be one of the many pointing out sound issues but Im not a native English speaker so clear audio would be oh so so nice. At points the sound quality is so messed up that whole words (or several in one sentence) are unintelligible. I don't know if its just the mic or does rendering mess up something. Also, (this is not big issue) I can hear the room quite well. Eliminate all smooth reflective surfaces around the mic to get clearer audio input. Put some acoustic panels to the ceiling just above the mic. It doesn't need much but makes a big difference. Also the table in front of you might add to the room reverb that with a mic like this just makes some words very messy. I wish you the highest levels of patience with comments like this.. :) I love your content so much that if I were a bit more richer I'd send you a proper condenser microphone with pop filter, pre amp, acoustic panels and a recording engineer to set it all up for you. :) Anyway, greetings from Finland and hopefully you get to 100k subscribers sooner than later. This kind of content deserves more eyes and ears. This could be a great example for other content creators how to do it (apart from the audio quality..). Have a great day!
Love the content! I do feel the need to join some others though in saying you should get a better microphone/setup, normally I dont care at all about the audio quality but this one was a little rougher than your normal. Mainly I think it could help to attract more people to your channel, and more people should know what you have to share with us. Again, thank you for your great work! And I'll continue to tune in
Audio is fine for me but just a note that if HI does want a simple solution, USB mics are easy to set up and use. Many kinds available but the Blue Yeti and other, smaller Blue mics are affordable and easy, from my experience
Great review of these craft. China is getting scarier and scarier every time we turn around. Thanks for keeping us updated on technologies floating around out there!
I am not an english native speaker and the compression/loss of clarity that happens a lot during your recordings make it very hard for me to follow. I really wish you would invest even only a 50-100 pounds into a new microphone or headset so the audio quality matches the rest of your videos. A free alternative could be the audio recording on your phone. I really feel bad for asking you to spend money and do me (and others probably) a favor while your content is free and unmonetized. Fantastic presentation otherwise, as always. Thank you for your work and kind regards from switzerland.
I don't know dude I think it's just your lack of the understanding of the English language everybody keeps telling him to get a new mic but his mic sounds perfect to me
@@Iamabot4708 echo and distortion makes it harder to understand people. full stop. Now native speakers can fill in the 'blanks' better but if you want a bigger audience (and I think he probably does) then a better sound recording is going to help.
I enjoy the videos and the analysis given. Having said that, what feels like nails on the black board is the sound cutting in and out when you talk. Feels like you’re moving your mouth closer and then pulling away from the mic. The pauses ( I can only imagine your either swallowing or taking a drink) between topics. Thanks for sharing
Clearly the obvious weakness is the keeping those bridges from being destroyed. I would think that they'd either send many at once in the first wave. Or more likely attain supremacy over the AO.l as they land. Anything big but short of a nuclear blast would weak havoc across the many beaches being breached. Remember that Taiwan has a long coastline, there would be similar misinformation efforts to confuse Taiwanese forces which beachhead gets the greatest lickin'. The allies during Overlord were able to convince the Germans to relocate their major heavy weaponry hundreds of miles from the actual landing beaches. This is such an interesting channel. Subbed.
First off i want to say thank you for sharing your knowlage with us. Second thing, as other's have said please upgrade your mic, the audio cutting in and out really takes away from your otherwise very high quality videos. you can find used ones pretty cheap on marketplace from failed "streamers" quite easily. Congratulations on 100k btw
not at all. personally I quite like it - adds something unique to this channel. also it works wonders for my ADHD, I've got to put enough effort into focusing on the sound that I don't get distracted every few min like happens with other creator's videos.
IMO... the mic sounds fine. What I'm hearing are echoes. So sure... a better directional mic can help... but so could a sound dampener (like a blanket) to absorb some of that.
Could you make a video of Submarine countermeasures? From being shot at by enemy torpedoes and so forth, think it would be a very interesting video. Great video as always
I think the question isn't what and when they are using these for but WHERE. Everyone is dead set on Taiwan but those can be used everywhere to quickly claim some island or support some land side action from the sea side.
They have already openly expressed the intent to invade some Japanese islands in addition to Taiwan. They also continue to support the DPRK and could potentially use them to assist in a large scale conflict there, such as capturing some islands or opening up an invasion on the peninsula deep behind South Korea's primary defenses. Furthermore, I think these are a not to subtle threat against countries around the South China Sea such as the Philippines. Beyond Taiwan these could be used to exert force or as threat of force for political leverage throughout the regions near China.
I know nothing of maritime things- but wouldn't you be limited on range by the seafaring abilities of the barges? a quick dash over to Taiwan sounds quite easy, not a multi day journey across open seas?
Excellent video. Thank you for taking the time to educate people like me who know very little about this subject. Also thanks for advising not to underestimate Chinese innovation and skill. It would be foolish for western countries to allow arrogance to undermine judgement, analysis, decision making
It could very well be that the smaller barges are for light vehicles and troops, as you obviously can pack them way lighter, and thus dont need as expensive a barge to get the GI's across.
They should build large quantities of naval drones like those used by Ukraine in the Black Sea and deploy them for rapid use. They should also build large numbers of aerial drones in addition to conventional weapons such as naval mines, anti-ship missiles and anti-aircraft missiles and fortifying likely invasion beaches.
@@philipdepalma4672They need missiles and mines more than drones for anti-shipping work. China’s fleet is MUCH larger than Russia’s Black Sea fleet. it’s also a lot newer and better maintained. Drones aren’t nearly as effective in open ocean warfare.
As a Taiwanese I honestly think we will reunify, the point is we want 1 country 2 system. We want to keep some systems that we currently have. Eitherway, there is no point in fighting. Most people around me don't want to fight either. They all believe deep down, one day we will reunify. We are Chinese at the end of the day.
@@roro-v3z "One country two systems" really worked out so well for HK, right? They got to keep "some of their systems"... until Beijing changed their mind and there was nothing HK could do. People might conceptually like the idea of reunification, but when it comes down to the *details*, few are willing to simply be ruled by Beijing. If that wasn't the case, Taiwain wouldn't still be independent; it would have peacefully unified decades ago.
Thanks for an informative, eye opening video. I subscribed recently, after *Perun's* recent video, incorporating your idea of building military for the hypothetic Elbonia, fun yet educational to watch, and I saw you have a lot of (more "serious") interesting content.
2027/8 are they years being thrown around and more likely. Also, a good time right before another US election. They still need to train with and test these in scale. Also, they are most likely not done with insulating from the after effects of an invasion.
Nah based off CCP party messaging, the deadline is by 2027. So there’s at the very least a 1-2 year wait, China will probably wait for trump’s presidency to start before acting. If we see them actively engaging trump, they might actually ask for the unconditional surrender of Taiwan to the mainland. If we see an info blackout and massive oil stockpiling from China. God help all of East and South east Asia. I don’t want to imagine, but we might see multiple countries disappear from the world map.
Yo brev… at 100k you should have the coin for a proper microphone. It will greatly increase the quality of your videos. Subs will follow (looks like I’m not the first one to comment this) So to be of more utility for you, I would recommend a Yeti. Very good Mike at a reasonable cost.
@@USS-SNAKE-ISLAND I really don't understand. Taiwan is within 100 miles of China coast, while 2000 miles away from US. How does US get air superiority over PLA? And that's assuming China vs. USA. If it's China vs Taiwan there is not even contest
@@nathanDrake-ndUS has bases all over Asia. Japan, S. Korea and the Philippines to name a few. And the US relies heavily on Taiwan for semiconductors so an invasion is 2x worse than the after effects of COVID-19. So yes, it is China vs USA if they invade Taiwan.
@@doom4136Chinese missile program not too shabby. Taiwan 100 miles from the mainland. How does air superiority work? I can see the USA folding it's hand on this, if China comes knocking. Is the war worth it? I don't know, probably not.
I'm quite sure Ro-Ro ships that sail at Baltic can easily transport quite a lot of heavy vehicles including tanks. I think it was last year when like whole armored battalion was moved from Finland to Sweden using only commercial Ro-Ro ships. Especially Finnlines has lots of big Ro-Ro ships meant to carry trucks between Baltic sea Countries. I'm not sure how heavy vehicles passenger ferries that Estonia, Finland and Sweden also have lots of can carry. But APC and IFVs are 100% possible to carry on most ferries that sail at Baltic. Edit: 2023 US armor like M1A2 Abrams were transferred from Estonia to Finland us M/S Star that is commercial passenger ferry.
Very good video. TBH, I was wondering where these were, as this type of 'bridge' barge was a feature of allied landing operations in Europe and the Pacific in WW2 so I absolutely agree this is a very real indicator that China is prepping for an invasion, it has already built all the 'dual-use' warships and ferries that it can use for other purposes, now, it appears, it is building it's bespoke 'Mulberry Harbour' type equipment for a very specific landing operation. As the author notes, these may well have been designed for specific beaches. I would be astonished if the Tiawanese are unaware of that vulnerability but this cannot be comforting. With regards to the RO-RO ferries, they can be fitted with internal bulkheads to make them much more damage resistant in time of war. Look up the Nordland ferry and how it was modified before going to the Falklands in1982, in fact, read about the British STUFT (Ships Taken Up From Trade) programme as I am sure the PLAN (Chinese Navy) studied it carefully when making their choices about all this.
Anytime I see WWII pictures like that at 12:58, I get chills from the sense of that conflict's true scale that is revealed. It is so hard for me (and most modern people, I'm sure) to imagine war of such colossal breadth. May the next century not educate us with fresh examples...
I'd be curious how these things would stand up to naval attack. Either conventional ASMs, artillery, or mass USV assault. You gotta figure Taiwan has learned from Ukraine's successes after all.
These things would probably be accompanied by military support vessels ( destroyers, frigates, etc.) but I do think that these would be very vulnerable to any attack really. Those long bridges are just a huge point of failure. A relatively small payload weapon could destroy that bridge and render this whole boat pretty useless. Without the bridges this is just another boat. It would be interesting to see what scenario this would be used under. Because I don’t really see this being used as a hot landing type of ship. I would just be to vulnerable.
@@jamarplunkett3283 Nah, these things will attack all enemy ships including corvettes and destroyers by deploying the bridge on top of them and having troops board them! They'll take over, have the enemy crew walk the plank, then use the enemy's own ships against them! This one's name is already: The Black Pearl!
Hi There is some problem with your microphone or noise cancellation. Your speech drifts in and out. There is a bit of reverberation as well. I hope you can fix these issues. Best wishes and thanks for all your hard work.
There has been and still is ferries that can carry tanks. The USA has them and most Western Countries have them, the British and Australian have the Bay Class. Wilhelmsen have a around the world service carrying RO RO cargo on ships designed to carry tanks and heavy earth moving equipment, Some are on charter to US Companies and are US Flag for the period of carter
This is an accessory to such ferries in order to not need ports. Aside for hovercrafts, all other sea/ocean going Ro-Ro ships need hardened, dredged, deep draft port facilities that their ramps can lock onto.
The point is that the PRC civilian ferries are built to accommodate AFVs (not something ferries in Western countries are designed to do), which massively boosts their sealift capacity. These floating piers mean that that fleet can now access many more offloading points.
@@kwonekstrom2138 Plenty of Civilian crewed vessels carry tanks all around the world. How does the US move its tanks to from the Far East or Europe ?. How does Poland get tanks from the USA or Korea?
Please get a solid microphone. Your voice keeps cutting in and out. Sound deadening panels and whatnot are nice to haves but not necessary. But a solid podcasting mic would do wonders.
This is a smart design. Reminds me of the the mobile port designs that were tested during WW2 for the D-Day Invasion, of which 1 design ultimately was employed and was partially successful (it involved sinking caisson barges, which behaved as structural supporting columns that held up interconnecting linked buoyed metal sections that formed a bridge on the water. Edit: Ah. I see you mentioned this exact example as their historical inspiration 10:28 😅
Probably sits on the deck for transportation. Near shore it gets pushed forward (probably by hydraulic jacks or heavy winches) while adjusting the cable tension from the tower so it doesn't flop (tower probably has pulleys up top on which the cables hang, and the tension adjustments are made by heavy winches under the deck or from lateral structures behind the tower). Quite simple design.
Taiwan is well aware that *frigates* arent going to invade their island, and they are well aware of these ferries and the fact they are the primary threat to Taiwan's independence. So they will reserve a significant porportion of their long range antishipping capability *specifically* for these ships. The problem with China using these ferries in actual invasion service (as opposed to using them to intimidate civilian leadership and get what they actually want without the need for an opposed landing) is they do NOT have the defences and survivability necessary to cross the Taiwan Straits against any credible military opposition. Unless China can utterly suppress ALL Tainwanese (and any allies) long range fires and strike aircraft before the landing craft even leave port, and *keep* then entirely suppressed for the entire crossing and landing, these vessels are cold meat on the table. IOW, they could be useful for *second* wave reinforcements... but that still requires a *first* wave to land large ground forces ahead of time.
Taiwan can also trap them while they are landing. attacking the landing ships while they are near the range of long range artillery hiding in the mountains. and oh there are also sea mines on those waters that taiwan can rapidly deploy with small boats days even before the actual invasion began. infact spies in China will be already informing Taiwan ahead the invasion. also its impossible for PLA to hide a massive force being assembled in their ports.
But without focusing on frigates and destroyers their anti shipping weapons will get destroyed, the combat ships will hammer the shores and reveal and hidden weapons. By that point if they knock out all the landing ships they still will have knocked out Taiwan’s antiship capability leaving china free reign over landing in other ways. China has such huge numbers of frigates its ridiculous.
As we see more information coming out like these images, we’re getting a clearer picture of what China’s plan might be. I think you’re right this would be part of a second wave rather than first, just as Mulberries were used at D-Day, but I suspect also similar to D-Day China will only deploy them when they believe every Taiwanese/allied strike aircraft and long range fire is suppressed or destroyed. As many military analysts have attested, this conflict likely starts with a massive cruise, ballistic, and hypersonic missile barrage meant to deter or preemptively defeat any possible response. The PLAAF and PLARF have been heavily funded and frequently drilling for a while now, so they will almost certainly have the resources for a Gulf War-scale air campaign before any amphibious vessel begins steaming. Whether those missiles will be aimed at just Taiwan or also American bases in the first island chain is where the rubber meets the road.
@@KC_G4Sthats assuming that China will take its time to lay the ground for a ground invasion, which is a risky decision should any allies actually join in the defense of the war
I disagree. I don't think China is close unless you call after 2030 close to invading Taiwan Militarily. I follow geo politics closely, especially with regard to China because I am Australian and what China does is of great concern to Australians (or it should be). I dont think China will invade militarily into Taiwan until at least after 2030. I truly believe China wants the Taiwanese to love China and will do anything and everything before resorting to military means. this will take time, a lot of time. In the meantime, China will put on display both its carrots and its sticks, big sticks. Perhaps someday China will use Military means, it just won't be anytime soon. But my theories are not as exciting as those who claim Chinese invasion is imminent. Various pundits have been shouting from the rooftops that China is about to invade Taiwan for the last 15 years. yet, China has not. People argue that China is still preparing, well of course they are. China wants to be the strongest Military in the world, so of course it will build for every conceivable outcome (Just like the U.S.) this doesn't mean any invasion is imminent. Even the flying of Jets around the Island of Taiwan is just part of China's Stick and is more in relation to arguments and diplomatic tiffs that we don't understand or hear about in the news, and thats why it has calmed back down again. You will know when we are very close to an invasion because there will be things like Naval Blockades occurring as well as a massive allied presence. We need to be alert and prepared, but not alarmed... yet. I think we have at the very least another 5 years to go (probably much more). However, if some other factor enters the equation then the invasion of Taiwan could potentially be expedited. China's exercises and building of infrastructure are not necessarily an indicator of imminent invasion. It's just what big powers do. So I disagree with much of what is being said in this video, but im sure many will love it. Im, not the excitement junky that many are and I have been watching very closely for a very long time. Trump could change everything though. Trump is extremely unpredictable, so we dont know what effect he could have on any potential invasion of Taiwan. A great time for China to invade would be during the Ukraine War and yet it doesn't. This back, how long have people been saying that China is about to invade anytime now? It's not unlike those claiming Russia is about to collapse. They have been saying that every day Since February 2022 and yet Russia fights on. I am certain we would potentially see the break up of Russia before the invasion of Taiwan. I was certain Russia was going to invade Ukraine and I (along with others) were right. but China is NOT going to invade Taiwan any time soon. At least 2030 or longer. One other point we need to take note of. China fakes a lot of stuff. it is not impossible this is more "Stick" behavior designed to give the illusion of imminent invasion. but It's NOT going to happen soon. China is NOTHING like Russia. China is very pragmatic, intelligent/clever they are not bumbling fools like the Germans in Hogan Heroes (Or Russia) they dont or won't make the same errors that Russia does. So again 2030 and beyond and NOT before.
The problem is, the Chinese government themselves have stated that they will be ready to get Taiwan back by 2027. And since feb 22, 2022, they have stopped openly publishing their military expenditures
Yes, although in what way is a mulberry harbour not a pier? ;) We haven’t come up with a catchy name yet, invasion barges don’t sound a big deal but these are
@@HISuttonCovertShores im surprised no one has suggested corvus, after the roman naval innovation of having boarding ramps on their galleys during the punic wars.
if you observe closely, the landing barges incorporate a hybrid design architecture between an amphibious LST & landing barge . . . the landing barges probably have a displacement of 1,200 ton - 2,630 ton (loaded) & powered by a intelli-HYBRId™ power pack . . . in addition to multiple 360° deg rotating Azimuth thrusters in the aft stern section of the underhull, thus replacing the usual propeller & fixed rudder combo . . .
Nearly anything that can hit a ship like this can mitigate the risk. But no single weapon system can simply ensure it can penetrate whatever defensive layers the enemy might have or that it can always be launched regardless of enemy action. So by building large number of USVs Taiwan would force China to account for that risk before deploying these.
@@catcatcatcatcatcatcatcatcatca Yes, I worded it poorly. What I meant was, if Taiwan suddenly received this intelligence - although one hopes they are ahead - what would be the most effective response? I was surmising that thousands of USVs would be the most effective use of time and resources.
Sir, when you reach 100k, get a proper microphone, this content deserves it!
I will go a step further: go open up a patreon or whatever and I'll throw money at you for one now.
The acoustics of the recording area aren't helping the quality of the microphone.
Sound seems fine to me.
@@JeffBilkins I suggested he at the very minimum make an Amazon Wishlist with a good microphone and anything else he thinks might help. Sounds like soundproofing/dampening material for the walls would go a long way. That, or running it through Nvidia broadcast.
Lol I came straight to the comments to say the exact same thing
"goddamn thing's made to start a war" - to paraphase someone from The Hunt For The Red October
That phrase made no sense in Red October but it definitely makes sense here.
@@tobiwan001 Red October's second engine was of the kind that fits for first strike.
@@jimadamson8563 This quote has to be in reference to Admiral kuznetsov response to project 627 T-15 torpedo mod to the November class. They remove all the torpedo tubes in place for the T15 torpedo, a 100 megaton warhead, either one bomb or 2 tzar bombs one in front of the other.
I don't remember the full quote but basically when presented with the idea he said "I do not need this submarine in my navy, this submarine could start a war" as it only has one purpose, to destroy a city in a first strike.
Problem is they're field testing the modern version right now with the Poseidon or status-6 project.
One could say the same thing about e.g. the F-35.
@@Tomas-x8x I don’t think so. The revolutionary propulsion made it extra quiet. That‘s the goal of every sub. In the book the propulsion system is actually just a pump jet - if I am not mistaken. So it does not really change the whole purpose of the Typhoon class subs. Which are very clearly second strike weapons.
Great, many thanks - appreciate the round up of the other vessels at the end ! Roll on 100K subs
Thank you!
Spuds and Jack-ups are different in operation. Jack-ups lift themselves out of the water so the weight is on the legs and spuds use the legs as temporary anchors but the vessels buoyancy carries the weight.
And these could be either.
Yep. I am calling these jack ups for ease of comms, and because I think that they are, but not 100% confident. The sketch maybe needs a subtle adjustment to the waterline but too late now. Was thinking about that as I spoke but didn’t expect anyone to notice!
Love this quality comment, thank you
The “sketch” is terrific! Very impressed by the illustrations and have just subscribed
@@HISuttonCovertShores I wouldn't worry, you produce the best content in your subject area out there. I can only wish I had half the talent you do for producing diagrams.
These appear to have superior utility to the pier style of JLOTS with a very short emplacement time as well. www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/incidental-take-authorization-us-navy-joint-logistics-over-shore-training-virginia-and-north
It is also not uncommon for jackups to be used as linkspans in the commercial ferry world. Holyhead port in wales had a jackup barge used as a linkspan adapter for years. Though these jackups are far too large to be commercially viable for this use, as you noted.
@@UrbaneHobbitHe does them in MS Paint mate. He's my hero. 🤣
Alas I only have one sub to give & he's had it for years.
Glad to see you weighing in on this. Very concerning to see them building these out in the open. They don’t care who sees; not a good sign.
Or they do care and it's a part of their political gamesmanship. Probably trying to project strength with the Trump coming into office.
They actually count on fear. CCP is all about appearances. Still, it's an empty shell with all it's people against them.
There plan to invade is not a secret.
For Taiwan maybe
Yeah, I mean who do they think they are, the US?
It makes complete sense that they are bespoke for as you say the target landing area
If you get 100k, you don't automatically get the plaque. You'll get an email from youtube with instructions on how to get it delivered.
I totally read plaque as plague. =)
They seem to be anticipating air and sea dominance to be able to deploy these cows.
Which should be highly worrying sign of their potential capabilities
Lol you can't dominate the sea!! Ever tried punching water?
@@mpireoutdoors5274 it's communism. They just give orders and expect obedience.
@@mpireoutdoors5274 Water only resists. It doesn't punch back.
No plan survives contact with the enemy. Not even Chinese plans. In their last war over 40 years ago - they lost to Vietnam. Vietnam didn't have carriers. USA has eleven nuke carriers and others.
this is really ominous - intention is certainly clear
Whoa the pentagon should hire you
I bet an invision would happened before 2030 with a friend on lastest graphic card....😅
@@kaymanwang invision ???
Taiwan is part of China, if you know history. It's so called Republic of China government.
By invasion you guys mean to prevent a rebelious province financed from an foreign superpower from separating?
Like what if China gave equipment and money to Texas for them to separate? Or Hawai? Or Porto Rico, all these places in the US have separatist movements.
Nice content but a really rough sound recording with a lot of echo in the room. Recommend a good table microphone and sound dampening on the wall to reduce the room echo. Wall blankets would help.
I second the suggestion. I watched the whole presentation and found it well researched. However the sound quality was a constant irritation. The quality of the commentary with the plentiful imagery was excellent. I will look for more from your channel but please listen to the advice of other youtube channels on sound quality.
@@paulelder9488 I agree, like you can't make out some words as they are very muffled as well. I'd expect someone that's producing these "high quality" analysis to have a better mic than a shitty zoom call.
@@paulelder9488 100% amazing content and overall knowledge. Please just buy a cheap directional mic, or a lapel.
I don't hear any echo, but there is some aggressive background noise cancellation that is cutting off the beginning of some words.
The barges are kinda cool, yes. But I also had no idea the chinese RoRo-ferries are built to carry tanks and support amphibious operations. I wonder if they have better subdivision than conventional RoRos... seeing as conventional RoRos already have stability problems while carrying smaller loads. One dreads to think what would happen if a RoRo gets hit by a torpedo.
I honestly don't know if this is sarcasm, a misunderstanding on your part, or a misunderstanding on my part. My understanding was that when he mentioned supporting RoRo it would be specifically built ships for this purpose with the special thingie, not like, commuter RoRos.
China’s RoRo’s are the weak link, as despite a military carrying spec, they are a vulnerable design. You have to assume China won’t be sending tank ferries across any sea until they’ve seen off every hostile submarine in that area. Sea Mines would likely be the greatest threat to such a mission. Repelling every threat from every hostile nation before they can set off would still be a daunting task. Although Taiwan is clearly the #1 target, there are a number of islands around the South China Sea that will be unhappy about the existence of these bridge landing craft.
@@chemputer Nah the chinese commuter roros shown are able to carry a full load of tanks
In Chinese doctrine is more of a numbers game than building the perfect kit.
@@MsZeeZed submarine is just one threat the remote seamines and sea skimming missiles is a bigger threat those ferries have a huge radar signature that even smoke cant hide it from the missiles sensors. Taiwans land based anti ship missile is huge. They got a thousand of them especially the Hsiung Feng II and III.
Thank you for your work. These videos are full information I haven't usually seen anywhere before and they are so well constructed with all the images you make. Great work, my guy!
But.. And I hate to be one of the many pointing out sound issues but Im not a native English speaker so clear audio would be oh so so nice. At points the sound quality is so messed up that whole words (or several in one sentence) are unintelligible. I don't know if its just the mic or does rendering mess up something.
Also, (this is not big issue) I can hear the room quite well. Eliminate all smooth reflective surfaces around the mic to get clearer audio input. Put some acoustic panels to the ceiling just above the mic. It doesn't need much but makes a big difference. Also the table in front of you might add to the room reverb that with a mic like this just makes some words very messy. I wish you the highest levels of patience with comments like this.. :)
I love your content so much that if I were a bit more richer I'd send you a proper condenser microphone with pop filter, pre amp, acoustic panels and a recording engineer to set it all up for you. :) Anyway, greetings from Finland and hopefully you get to 100k subscribers sooner than later. This kind of content deserves more eyes and ears. This could be a great example for other content creators how to do it (apart from the audio quality..). Have a great day!
Love the content! I do feel the need to join some others though in saying you should get a better microphone/setup, normally I dont care at all about the audio quality but this one was a little rougher than your normal.
Mainly I think it could help to attract more people to your channel, and more people should know what you have to share with us.
Again, thank you for your great work! And I'll continue to tune in
Audio is fine for me but just a note that if HI does want a simple solution, USB mics are easy to set up and use. Many kinds available but the Blue Yeti and other, smaller Blue mics are affordable and easy, from my experience
Sutton, just keep making these ad hoc video updates. Love the mic, the paint drawings (subs) these briefings etc. just works out the tin.
Great review of these craft. China is getting scarier and scarier every time we turn around. Thanks for keeping us updated on technologies floating around out there!
These were their intentions the whole time. Our leaders just got played. They got played hard
@@Likeaworm如果你们选择的政府希望与我们中国大陆为敌，我们会很自然地选择动用所有的智慧来打败它，甚至有时不需要采取什么特别的措施。你们的政府，如今看起来不过是个大号的国民党罢了。我们如何把国民党从大陆撵出去，就如何把你们这个政府的军队从世界上所有爱好和平的人们的土地上撵出去。
我们已经把我们的需要讲得很清楚了，就是和平统一。可是，你们的政府选择支持台独分子，并且对我们掀起了贸易战。事实上，我很好奇，一个当初联合了17个国家的军队都只能当我们手下败将的国家，怎么有胆量反复地在我们的海疆上挑起战事？
Loooool China is far more peaceful country than UassA and nato 😂
@@liesterminator153 别搞错了，我们中华民族是真正为战争而生的民族。如果美国想来试试我们生聚了几十年的军事实力，随时欢迎。我希望下次他们不是仅仅带了17个国家的军队，最好再翻十倍，这样也许会有一些胜利的机会吧？另外，不要忘记，我们还没有采用秦朝的军功爵制呢。
I did read your article on Naval News. Really interesting
Thank you!
"Naval News H I Hutton China", found it and read it. Thanks, it was interesting.
Thanks so much - nice summary!
大师球
I hope you do get 100k subs. You've got some of the best content on the subject matter.
Thanks for the feedback!
Short and thorough review of these new informations. Subscribed o7
I am not an english native speaker and the compression/loss of clarity that happens a lot during your recordings make it very hard for me to follow. I really wish you would invest even only a 50-100 pounds into a new microphone or headset so the audio quality matches the rest of your videos. A free alternative could be the audio recording on your phone. I really feel bad for asking you to spend money and do me (and others probably) a favor while your content is free and unmonetized. Fantastic presentation otherwise, as always. Thank you for your work and kind regards from switzerland.
I think he speaks quite clearly. But a better microphone would be nice.
I don't know dude I think it's just your lack of the understanding of the English language everybody keeps telling him to get a new mic but his mic sounds perfect to me
@@Iamabot4708 Then you are not just a bot, but a deaf bot
@@Iamabot4708 don't you hear the glitch e.g. at 09:04? That isn't the worst, it's just the one I came to as I read your comment. Or 15:37?
@@Iamabot4708 echo and distortion makes it harder to understand people. full stop. Now native speakers can fill in the 'blanks' better but if you want a bigger audience (and I think he probably does) then a better sound recording is going to help.
Thank you, sir.
I enjoy the videos and the analysis given. Having said that, what feels like nails on the black board is the sound cutting in and out when you talk. Feels like you’re moving your mouth closer and then pulling away from the mic. The pauses ( I can only imagine your either swallowing or taking a drink) between topics.
Thanks for sharing
great video !! thanks
Clearly the obvious weakness is the keeping those bridges from being destroyed.
I would think that they'd either send many at once in the first wave. Or more likely attain supremacy over the AO.l as they land.
Anything big but short of a nuclear blast would weak havoc across the many beaches being breached.
Remember that Taiwan has a long coastline, there would be similar misinformation efforts to confuse Taiwanese forces which beachhead gets the greatest lickin'.
The allies during Overlord were able to convince the Germans to relocate their major heavy weaponry hundreds of miles from the actual landing beaches.
This is such an interesting channel. Subbed.
great video sutton!
Invasion barges make me think of The Riddle of the Sands...
great book:)
First off i want to say thank you for sharing your knowlage with us.
Second thing, as other's have said please upgrade your mic, the audio cutting in and out really takes away from your otherwise very high quality videos. you can find used ones pretty cheap on marketplace from failed "streamers" quite easily.
Congratulations on 100k btw
Chilling.
It is all bollox!
@@TheCbins
Your copium dealer must be making a fortune.
These bridge barges with jack up legs are exactly what engineers were saying the US needed to successfully resupply Gaza, not pontoons.
Uh, I have been waiting for this after reading your article.
Damn. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Big Hugs Sir Sutton and all the Best 2025, cheers from Bohemien Forest.
Your videos are fantastic, but please get a better microphone! The sound really lets the video down, sadly.
Please don’t say this. Instead say it’s amazing and high class and unscripted and micro is How it is. 😂❤❤
Sir Sutton is somehow used to How it is and 100k is enough evidence it’s Not the microphone 😂
Bot
Nah
Have you asked for a refund?
Thanks. Your opinion and insight is highly regarded under this roof sir. Top job.
Thank you, appreciated
Am i literally the only person who doesn't care about his audio quality?
I think that there are two of us, all alone
People like to complain his mic sound fine
not at all. personally I quite like it - adds something unique to this channel.
also it works wonders for my ADHD, I've got to put enough effort into focusing on the sound that I don't get distracted every few min like happens with other creator's videos.
IMO... the mic sounds fine. What I'm hearing are echoes.
So sure... a better directional mic can help... but so could a sound dampener (like a blanket) to absorb some of that.
Great video! Keep these coming!
Could you make a video of Submarine countermeasures? From being shot at by enemy torpedoes and so forth, think it would be a very interesting video.
Great video as always
Yes! Very good suggestion!
Always a watch right now video. Thank you for both the effort and the engaging presentation. Don't stop what you're doing...
Much appreciated!
I think the question isn't what and when they are using these for but WHERE. Everyone is dead set on Taiwan but those can be used everywhere to quickly claim some island or support some land side action from the sea side.
Poor Greenland..
Close to easy landing spots so the marines can secure the heavy landing areas. Look at roads near to beaches
LHD's look like they'd be quite useful in support of China's Africa operations, should the diplomacy through peaceful means fail.
They have already openly expressed the intent to invade some Japanese islands in addition to Taiwan. They also continue to support the DPRK and could potentially use them to assist in a large scale conflict there, such as capturing some islands or opening up an invasion on the peninsula deep behind South Korea's primary defenses. Furthermore, I think these are a not to subtle threat against countries around the South China Sea such as the Philippines. Beyond Taiwan these could be used to exert force or as threat of force for political leverage throughout the regions near China.
I know nothing of maritime things- but wouldn't you be limited on range by the seafaring abilities of the barges? a quick dash over to Taiwan sounds quite easy, not a multi day journey across open seas?
Excellent video. Thank you for taking the time to educate people like me who know very little about this subject. Also thanks for advising not to underestimate Chinese innovation and skill. It would be foolish for western countries to allow arrogance to undermine judgement, analysis, decision making
It could very well be that the smaller barges are for light vehicles and troops, as you obviously can pack them way lighter, and thus dont need as expensive a barge to get the GI's across.
Yes, the little Chinamen don't weigh as much or take as much space as Western troops...
@@pistonburner6448that was a dumb comment designed to derail this conversation. Go away
I think that it is as Sutton said, different landing areas. The infantry can use amphibious landing craft instead to secure the area for the barges
Great insight.
The first few minutes of my upcoming video on the Sub Brief channel covers the same thing. We share a lot of the same opinions as well.
One of your best videos, cogent, concise, well reasoned, excellent presentation of the evidence, thank you for you time.
I wonder what Taiwan is doing to counter this.
They should build large quantities of naval drones like those used by Ukraine in the Black Sea and deploy them for rapid use. They should also build large numbers of aerial drones in addition to conventional weapons such as naval mines, anti-ship missiles and anti-aircraft missiles and fortifying likely invasion beaches.
@@philipdepalma4672They need missiles and mines more than drones for anti-shipping work. China’s fleet is MUCH larger than Russia’s Black Sea fleet. it’s also a lot newer and better maintained. Drones aren’t nearly as effective in open ocean warfare.
My guess would be mines and ASMs
As a Taiwanese I honestly think we will reunify, the point is we want 1 country 2 system. We want to keep some systems that we currently have. Eitherway, there is no point in fighting. Most people around me don't want to fight either. They all believe deep down, one day we will reunify. We are Chinese at the end of the day.
@@roro-v3z "One country two systems" really worked out so well for HK, right? They got to keep "some of their systems"... until Beijing changed their mind and there was nothing HK could do. People might conceptually like the idea of reunification, but when it comes down to the *details*, few are willing to simply be ruled by Beijing. If that wasn't the case, Taiwain wouldn't still be independent; it would have peacefully unified decades ago.
Thanks for an informative, eye opening video. I subscribed recently, after *Perun's* recent video, incorporating your idea of building military for the hypothetic Elbonia, fun yet educational to watch, and I saw you have a lot of (more "serious") interesting content.
Let's hope we all survive 2025
April and November are when the seas are calm in the strait
2027/8 are they years being thrown around and more likely. Also, a good time right before another US election. They still need to train with and test these in scale. Also, they are most likely not done with insulating from the after effects of an invasion.
Nah based off CCP party messaging, the deadline is by 2027. So there’s at the very least a 1-2 year wait, China will probably wait for trump’s presidency to start before acting.
If we see them actively engaging trump, they might actually ask for the unconditional surrender of Taiwan to the mainland.
If we see an info blackout and massive oil stockpiling from China. God help all of East and South east Asia.
I don’t want to imagine, but we might see multiple countries disappear from the world map.
HI Sutton is my go-to person for anything navy. Quality content.
Love your work, but please. A better mic is necessary.
Yo brev… at 100k you should have the coin for a proper microphone.
It will greatly increase the quality of your videos. Subs will follow
(looks like I’m not the first one to comment this)
So to be of more utility for you, I would recommend a Yeti. Very good Mike at a reasonable cost.
FYI it’s not monetised
Here we go. They are finally getting ready to
....liberate Greater Manchuria? 🤞
I'm new to the channel and I subscribed. I hope you get to the 100,000
thank you
The problem is that they are very vulnerable to missiles and drones
Yes, agree. I made the comment, "Without air superiority, they're useless."
Think "Operation Sea Lion" that never happened for the same reason.
@@USS-SNAKE-ISLAND I really don't understand. Taiwan is within 100 miles of China coast, while 2000 miles away from US. How does US get air superiority over PLA? And that's assuming China vs. USA. If it's China vs Taiwan there is not even contest
@@nathanDrake-ndUS has bases all over Asia. Japan, S. Korea and the Philippines to name a few. And the US relies heavily on Taiwan for semiconductors so an invasion is 2x worse than the after effects of COVID-19. So yes, it is China vs USA if they invade Taiwan.
@@doom4136Chinese missile program not too shabby. Taiwan 100 miles from the mainland. How does air superiority work? I can see the USA folding it's hand on this, if China comes knocking. Is the war worth it? I don't know, probably not.
Very HI level analysis
It sounds like you recorded this inside a sub. 😅
He did, of course.
Subscribed, good luck
I'm quite sure Ro-Ro ships that sail at Baltic can easily transport quite a lot of heavy vehicles including tanks. I think it was last year when like whole armored battalion was moved from Finland to Sweden using only commercial Ro-Ro ships. Especially Finnlines has lots of big Ro-Ro ships meant to carry trucks between Baltic sea Countries. I'm not sure how heavy vehicles passenger ferries that Estonia, Finland and Sweden also have lots of can carry. But APC and IFVs are 100% possible to carry on most ferries that sail at Baltic.
Edit: 2023 US armor like M1A2 Abrams were transferred from Estonia to Finland us M/S Star that is commercial passenger ferry.
Very good video. TBH, I was wondering where these were, as this type of 'bridge' barge was a feature of allied landing operations in Europe and the Pacific in WW2 so I absolutely agree this is a very real indicator that China is prepping for an invasion, it has already built all the 'dual-use' warships and ferries that it can use for other purposes, now, it appears, it is building it's bespoke 'Mulberry Harbour' type equipment for a very specific landing operation. As the author notes, these may well have been designed for specific beaches. I would be astonished if the Tiawanese are unaware of that vulnerability but this cannot be comforting. With regards to the RO-RO ferries, they can be fitted with internal bulkheads to make them much more damage resistant in time of war. Look up the Nordland ferry and how it was modified before going to the Falklands in1982, in fact, read about the British STUFT (Ships Taken Up From Trade) programme as I am sure the PLAN (Chinese Navy) studied it carefully when making their choices about all this.
实际上我们不需要特别准备，我们的法律跟你们的一样，所有商船战时都有义务被征调，早在十几年前，我们新建的渡轮以及滚装船就全部都是“军民两用”，这是由法律规定的，目前为止大概有300多万吨了吧。。
此外2023年全年，我们全国船只下水量4000万吨，大概也就比美国多了232倍而已……
Do all the people complaining about voice quality have an anneurism when they join a zoom call?
Anytime I see WWII pictures like that at 12:58, I get chills from the sense of that conflict's true scale that is revealed. It is so hard for me (and most modern people, I'm sure) to imagine war of such colossal breadth. May the next century not educate us with fresh examples...
Whether the PRC invades or not, they are telling Taiwan they can do it. The PRC is definitely telling Taiwan that they should consider reunification.
PRC and ROC are both part of China, and this is China's civil war.
What a smart invention!
I'd be curious how these things would stand up to naval attack. Either conventional ASMs, artillery, or mass USV assault.
You gotta figure Taiwan has learned from Ukraine's successes after all.
At this point you just need to assume that these things will only come to play after China's own mass drone attack on Taiwanese defenses.
These things would probably be accompanied by military support vessels ( destroyers, frigates, etc.) but I do think that these would be very vulnerable to any attack really. Those long bridges are just a huge point of failure. A relatively small payload weapon could destroy that bridge and render this whole boat pretty useless. Without the bridges this is just another boat.
It would be interesting to see what scenario this would be used under. Because I don’t really see this being used as a hot landing type of ship. I would just be to vulnerable.
A hundred miles of sea to cross - that's going to seem like a very long way in one of those.
@@jamarplunkett3283 Nah, these things will attack all enemy ships including corvettes and destroyers by deploying the bridge on top of them and having troops board them! They'll take over, have the enemy crew walk the plank, then use the enemy's own ships against them! This one's name is already: The Black Pearl!
@@SteveSmith-bq9rk The responsible general was asked about that, his reply was: "We'll cross that bridge when we get there."
H.I. thanks for the effort you put it. I really value your analysis
Appreciate the feedback
I'm not looking forward to 2027.
Why do you assume you will survive 2025? its off to a chaotic start.
October 2028. Fits the weather window and in the middle of a USA election cycle for added chaos, but I'm just an average joe with and average guess.
@@Deno2100whats so chaotic about it sweetheart?
The feet design is kinda genius xD
I love your videos but please get a decent microphone 😭
Great and interesting as always
Hi There is some problem with your microphone or noise cancellation. Your speech drifts in and out. There is a bit of reverberation as well. I hope you can fix these issues. Best wishes and thanks for all your hard work.
Subbed. Very interesting, well explained content. Felt like listening to my old medical lectures for that reason... and also the ass mic quality.
a better microphone would probably get more people to sub
Is there a map showing sea bed contour lines around Taiwan to help identify possible landing beaches?
they designed this based on 2 of landing beaches in Taiwan. they are known landing beaches for both sides.
Temu has one.
台湾称我们大陆可能登陆的海滩叫做“红色海滩”大概接近20处。
但是有了这种Landing Barge，大概全台湾60%的海岸线都适合登陆。
that was really informative, thank you very much.
There has been and still is ferries that can carry tanks. The USA has them and most Western Countries have them, the British and Australian have the Bay Class. Wilhelmsen have a around the world service carrying RO RO cargo on ships designed to carry tanks and heavy earth moving equipment, Some are on charter to US Companies and are US Flag for the period of carter
This is an accessory to such ferries in order to not need ports. Aside for hovercrafts, all other sea/ocean going Ro-Ro ships need hardened, dredged, deep draft port facilities that their ramps can lock onto.
He was talking about civilian ferries, but you're right that military ferries already have the specs necessary to carry military equipment.
The point is that the PRC civilian ferries are built to accommodate AFVs (not something ferries in Western countries are designed to do), which massively boosts their sealift capacity. These floating piers mean that that fleet can now access many more offloading points.
@@andresmartinezramos7513 Pretty sure tanks are moved all around the world by civilian crewed ships
@@kwonekstrom2138 Plenty of Civilian crewed vessels carry tanks all around the world. How does the US move its tanks to from the Far East or Europe ?. How does Poland get tanks from the USA or Korea?
Most definitive sign yet.
Please get a solid microphone. Your voice keeps cutting in and out. Sound deadening panels and whatnot are nice to haves but not necessary. But a solid podcasting mic would do wonders.
This is a smart design. Reminds me of the the mobile port designs that were tested during WW2 for the D-Day Invasion, of which 1 design ultimately was employed and was partially successful (it involved sinking caisson barges, which behaved as structural supporting columns that held up interconnecting linked buoyed metal sections that formed a bridge on the water.
Edit: Ah. I see you mentioned this exact example as their historical inspiration 10:28 😅
This audio is painful to listen to.
Amazing stuff as usual
I don't understand how the bridge works. How do they put it out?
Probably sits on the deck for transportation. Near shore it gets pushed forward (probably by hydraulic jacks or heavy winches) while adjusting the cable tension from the tower so it doesn't flop (tower probably has pulleys up top on which the cables hang, and the tension adjustments are made by heavy winches under the deck or from lateral structures behind the tower). Quite simple design.
Great content! A new mic would benefit your channel and probably raise subscriptions! God speed
great content but why is the audio quality so poor?
YOUR CHANNEL IS VERY IMPORTANT. TYVM
Taiwan is well aware that *frigates* arent going to invade their island, and they are well aware of these ferries and the fact they are the primary threat to Taiwan's independence. So they will reserve a significant porportion of their long range antishipping capability *specifically* for these ships.
The problem with China using these ferries in actual invasion service (as opposed to using them to intimidate civilian leadership and get what they actually want without the need for an opposed landing) is they do NOT have the defences and survivability necessary to cross the Taiwan Straits against any credible military opposition.
Unless China can utterly suppress ALL Tainwanese (and any allies) long range fires and strike aircraft before the landing craft even leave port, and *keep* then entirely suppressed for the entire crossing and landing, these vessels are cold meat on the table.
IOW, they could be useful for *second* wave reinforcements... but that still requires a *first* wave to land large ground forces ahead of time.
Taiwan can also trap them while they are landing. attacking the landing ships while they are near the range of long range artillery hiding in the mountains. and oh there are also sea mines on those waters that taiwan can rapidly deploy with small boats days even before the actual invasion began. infact spies in China will be already informing Taiwan ahead the invasion. also its impossible for PLA to hide a massive force being assembled in their ports.
But without focusing on frigates and destroyers their anti shipping weapons will get destroyed, the combat ships will hammer the shores and reveal and hidden weapons. By that point if they knock out all the landing ships they still will have knocked out Taiwan’s antiship capability leaving china free reign over landing in other ways. China has such huge numbers of frigates its ridiculous.
As we see more information coming out like these images, we’re getting a clearer picture of what China’s plan might be. I think you’re right this would be part of a second wave rather than first, just as Mulberries were used at D-Day, but I suspect also similar to D-Day China will only deploy them when they believe every Taiwanese/allied strike aircraft and long range fire is suppressed or destroyed.
As many military analysts have attested, this conflict likely starts with a massive cruise, ballistic, and hypersonic missile barrage meant to deter or preemptively defeat any possible response. The PLAAF and PLARF have been heavily funded and frequently drilling for a while now, so they will almost certainly have the resources for a Gulf War-scale air campaign before any amphibious vessel begins steaming. Whether those missiles will be aimed at just Taiwan or also American bases in the first island chain is where the rubber meets the road.
just to be clear HI Sutton clearly stated these would have to be a 2nd wave but that was only clear to those who watched his video.
@@KC_G4Sthats assuming that China will take its time to lay the ground for a ground invasion, which is a risky decision should any allies actually join in the defense of the war
This was great. Pease get the gd mic 🙂
Great stuff as ever but the sound was poor / echoing / up and down. Worth fixing if you can?
Thanks a ton!
Did they film the barges from a Canberra?
Buccaneer
I almost didnt watch because of the sound quality.
Please get a better mic - your content deserves it.
"This is unscripted and unedited" maybe it should be both, the quality deserves it. Also, the microphone, those are not expensive man.
Love his content, but his message would reach many more people if he took some advice from the current listeners of his channel.
Subscribed!
Thanks!
i'v been trying to think of a none war related reason for building the things. but i can't think of one. :(
Definitely seems closer to reality now.
I disagree. I don't think China is close unless you call after 2030 close to invading Taiwan Militarily. I follow geo politics closely, especially with regard to China because I am Australian and what China does is of great concern to Australians (or it should be). I dont think China will invade militarily into Taiwan until at least after 2030.
I truly believe China wants the Taiwanese to love China and will do anything and everything before resorting to military means. this will take time, a lot of time. In the meantime, China will put on display both its carrots and its sticks, big sticks. Perhaps someday China will use Military means, it just won't be anytime soon.
But my theories are not as exciting as those who claim Chinese invasion is imminent. Various pundits have been shouting from the rooftops that China is about to invade Taiwan for the last 15 years. yet, China has not.
People argue that China is still preparing, well of course they are. China wants to be the strongest Military in the world, so of course it will build for every conceivable outcome (Just like the U.S.) this doesn't mean any invasion is imminent. Even the flying of Jets around the Island of Taiwan is just part of China's Stick and is more in relation to arguments and diplomatic tiffs that we don't understand or hear about in the news, and thats why it has calmed back down again.
You will know when we are very close to an invasion because there will be things like Naval Blockades occurring as well as a massive allied presence. We need to be alert and prepared, but not alarmed... yet.
I think we have at the very least another 5 years to go (probably much more). However, if some other factor enters the equation then the invasion of Taiwan could potentially be expedited. China's exercises and building of infrastructure are not necessarily an indicator of imminent invasion. It's just what big powers do. So I disagree with much of what is being said in this video, but im sure many will love it. Im, not the excitement junky that many are and I have been watching very closely for a very long time.
Trump could change everything though. Trump is extremely unpredictable, so we dont know what effect he could have on any potential invasion of Taiwan. A great time for China to invade would be during the Ukraine War and yet it doesn't.
This back, how long have people been saying that China is about to invade anytime now? It's not unlike those claiming Russia is about to collapse. They have been saying that every day Since February 2022 and yet Russia fights on. I am certain we would potentially see the break up of Russia before the invasion of Taiwan.
I was certain Russia was going to invade Ukraine and I (along with others) were right. but China is NOT going to invade Taiwan any time soon. At least 2030 or longer.
One other point we need to take note of. China fakes a lot of stuff. it is not impossible this is more "Stick" behavior designed to give the illusion of imminent invasion. but It's NOT going to happen soon.
China is NOTHING like Russia. China is very pragmatic, intelligent/clever they are not bumbling fools like the Germans in Hogan Heroes (Or Russia) they dont or won't make the same errors that Russia does. So again 2030 and beyond and NOT before.
The invasion talk started in 1945. 80 years ago.
The problem is, the Chinese government themselves have stated that they will be ready to get Taiwan back by 2027. And since feb 22, 2022, they have stopped openly publishing their military expenditures
@@opairsoft8100lol China never saids that and I'm a Chinese😂
no one wants war in China
五眼联盟一边反复宣称他们承认台湾是中国的一部分，一边疯狂帮助台湾扩充武力阻止中国完成领土统一。
就像他们一边反复宣称他们热爱新疆维吾尔族人，一边疯狂帮助以色列轰炸屠杀巴勒斯坦人。
你们在这里使用“中国入侵台湾”，同时你们政府反复宣称支持表示维护中国的领土完整，支持1个中国政策。这两者之间肯定有一方是在放屁，或者其中一方是无耻的坏人。
中国有句古话“己所不欲，勿施于人”。澳大利亚之所以能叫澳大利亚，只是因为你们几乎杀光了澳洲的本土人而已，这是你们的原罪。少为地球添乱，少对世界作孽。
These are certainly worrying
Loool US have 800 military bases and a dozens of them aiming at china and China is a threat now? Hahaha what a joke
that is not a mulberry harbour that is a pier
Yes, although in what way is a mulberry harbour not a pier? ;)
We haven’t come up with a catchy name yet, invasion barges don’t sound a big deal but these are
@@HISuttonCovertShores mulberry actually originates from china so naming chinese stuff after chinese trees. why not
@@HISuttonCovertShores im surprised no one has suggested corvus, after the roman naval innovation of having boarding ramps on their galleys during the punic wars.
if you observe closely, the landing barges incorporate a hybrid design architecture between an amphibious LST & landing barge . . . the landing barges probably have a displacement of 1,200 ton - 2,630 ton (loaded) & powered by a intelli-HYBRId™ power pack . . . in addition to multiple 360° deg rotating Azimuth thrusters in the aft stern section of the underhull, thus replacing the usual propeller & fixed rudder combo . . .
Can Taiwan mitigate the threat with large numbers of USVs?
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Nearly anything that can hit a ship like this can mitigate the risk. But no single weapon system can simply ensure it can penetrate whatever defensive layers the enemy might have or that it can always be launched regardless of enemy action.
So by building large number of USVs Taiwan would force China to account for that risk before deploying these.
@@catcatcatcatcatcatcatcatcatca Yes, I worded it poorly. What I meant was, if Taiwan suddenly received this intelligence - although one hopes they are ahead - what would be the most effective response? I was surmising that thousands of USVs would be the most effective use of time and resources.
This is way more than interesting!! I don't want to freak out but Holy Shit!!
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