The unmistakable Mulberry Harbouts, used in World War II, which inspire the new Chinese ships
A normandy style landing in 2027? Experts start to get (very) worried about the Chinese sea fleet – you have never seen anything like that. Eyes put in Taiwan.
Naval technological systems adopted by China keep surprising. In 2021, it displayed the recent RO-RO ferries, which allowed “the large-scale use of complete land and sea units with immediate discharge and loading.”
In these boats, they can drop queues of war tanks, for example, as shown by the images shared by the Chinese channel. The ships are quickly used to be used all over the world.
But J. Michael Dahm, a defense analyst, explains that “these barges can significantly improve the capacity of the ELP (Popular Chinese Liberation Army) Provide logistics after an invasion ”.
It refers to Taiwan, a country that is under threat of Chinese invasion and that the US believe it can be occupied by the Chinese in 2027.
“In the context of all the other improvements we are seeing in the capabilities of the ELP and especially in the ELP infrastructures, barges are just the brilliant object that draws attention to the fact that the ELP is making these preparations to be Ready to act according to Xi Jinping’s orders In the coming years, if you are called to do so, ”says the analyst.
China has recently developed, such as the giant boats with ramps that, according to experts, are ideal for invading Taiwan, Since they are similar to the British Mulber Harbors, built for… the invasion of Normandy by the allies.
“They have six or eight hydraulic feet that can raise them from the water to create a stable platform, and then they can Create a bridge from deep waters For a deeper area, ”describes Su Tzu-Yun, director of the National Defense Security Investigation Institute in Taiwan.
“There is nothing like them in the West. I have never seen anything like what we are seeing here ”says analyst Thomas Shugart.
But there are those who believe that these technologies were not created for intense confrontations on the high seas. This is the case of Collin Koh, researcher at the School of International Studies S. Rajaratnam (RSIS). “They are slow, they are not so well protected by themselves Only and need escorts, which should ride at the same speed as barges. And for some of the means of war, speed is essential, ”he explains.
However, a set of Chinese scientists also claims to have created a new device for deep water (up to 4,000 meters): a cape cutter. “What is alarming here is the political context that is associated with“, he don’t have a Collin Koh.
In case of a Taiwanese submarine cable cut, China can block Asian Island access to foreign aid, namely the US.
E Military strategy tests may already be happeningA: On March 21, Max’s satellite images Technologies showed that Chinese barges had moved about 15 kilometers to the south along the coast, and Ferries Ro-Ro to meet him.
According to analysts, the Chinese may be testing the interaction between the two types of vessel, which would allow rapid transfer of a large number of vehicles with wheels. The outcome? No one knows, but analysts keep their eyes wide open with regard to Taiwan.
