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Originally Posted by -{SpoonmaN}-
Sir, in your opinion, how long would you estimate that it will take for the PLA to be broadly capable of posing a serious challenge to the US Military in East Asia? I roughly guess at least 20 years given the top-down shortcomings that I've read about here, would that be a reasonable "guesstimate"?
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I would give a minimum of 30-40 years before it comes to the level of posing a serious challenge.
In subs, they are still not on par with russia and in carriers,
For one, as OOE states, no carrier is being built. It takes 6-7 years to build, 3-4 to sort of differences and 10 to develop meaningful protocols. For incorporating those lessons and then learning, what works and what doesnt to build say 3-4 carriers will take that much time.
and another thing people forget is, so what if they have carriers - where are their planes? and what is their present level of planes.