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However, you get the worst of both worlds. The limited storage of a ship and the known location of an unmovable site.
I could list a whole sleuth of things the Chinese had tried and then abandon because it doesn't work. They even tried put field artillery and tanks on a freighter to create a shore bombardment vessel, only to discover that sea waves wreck misery onto land based targeting systems. They tried to load an entire division onto ferries to discover that 80% of the troops were vomiting over the sides due to sea sickness.
How about the anti-ship ballastic missile? Not one single live test? Why? It doesn't work. It's a fantastic missile against fixed land targets though.
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The original intent was to keep ASEAN at bay, thinking the Western allies would not get involved. ASEAN could not and would not challenge Chinese claims. It is the Western allies who punched holes in the Chinese claims. Again, when Canadian and Australian destroyers sail through those waters without worry, it showed just how militarily weak those islands actually are.
The claims also goes both ways. Yeah, we're not going to war over a bunch of rocks but would the Chinese dare to fire on Canadian or Australian destroyers when they sail too close?
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