China has built a new US destroyer replica at a remote missile-testing site in its north-western desert, satellite imagery shows, a target analysts say could be used to test anti-ship weapons.
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As opposed to what, fishing boats used for target practice by the US? Surely a military target is the appropriate test.
First thing I thought too. Seems logical. What else would you use?
I mean, as long as it’s a replica I see no issue with this
I mean, testing against a mock-up of a near-peer adversary is just… common sense, isn’t it?
Why bother with mockups? Exported military vehicles have this weird habit of falling off trucks in eastern europe, no matter how strict the originator is about export controls
Not sure how many naval destroyers fall off of trucks, even in Eastern Europe.
Maybe not assembled ones
I hope we never need to fight them
