The private Chinese arms company Beijing Lingkong Tianxing unveiled a new low-cost YKJ-1000 hypersonic missile with a promotional video that illustrated an airstrike on Japan. The missile has a…
lol, shit that was not subtle. i thought it would be like an obvious Diaoyu/Senkaku archipelago visual.
nope, fucking tokyo.
edit: on the world stage, the PRC has long given me these diplomatic, non-aggressive vibes. i mean compared to the US, obviously, but even compared to the atlanticist powers, with their mercenaries and their co-signing of US bullshit with troops. or even the russian federation, which is kinda the poster child for hard power anymore. no shade, i get it.
meanwhile, China’s diplomacy is consistently defensive and willing to back down, like they accept that peaceful resolution is what’s best for humans and not worth sacrificing for something so ephemeral as nationalist mythmaking.
i get the impression that whatever dumbass country leadership is the first one to really pull their chain and provoke a serious reaction is going to be made an example of, and i just hope im not in the area.
Is it possible that this was released without government sign-off? I know about them generally taking a seat on the board but not every ad is shown to the board prior to release, right?
you got me. it says its a private company’s marketing material, and i would assume it would land them in hot water as being to provocative or something, but shy of some.government official admitting they OK’d it, i dunno if we can really know.
meanwhile, China’s diplomacy is consistently defensive and willing to back down, like they accept that peaceful resolution is what’s best for humans and not worth sacrificing for something so ephemeral as nationalist mythmaking.
Yeah, it definitely feels like a contradiction to have a private military contractor turning up the rhetoric like that.
lol, shit that was not subtle. i thought it would be like an obvious Diaoyu/Senkaku archipelago visual.
nope, fucking tokyo.
edit: on the world stage, the PRC has long given me these diplomatic, non-aggressive vibes. i mean compared to the US, obviously, but even compared to the atlanticist powers, with their mercenaries and their co-signing of US bullshit with troops. or even the russian federation, which is kinda the poster child for hard power anymore. no shade, i get it.
meanwhile, China’s diplomacy is consistently defensive and willing to back down, like they accept that peaceful resolution is what’s best for humans and not worth sacrificing for something so ephemeral as nationalist mythmaking.
i get the impression that whatever dumbass country leadership is the first one to really pull their chain and provoke a serious reaction is going to be made an example of, and i just hope im not in the area.
Is it possible that this was released without government sign-off? I know about them generally taking a seat on the board but not every ad is shown to the board prior to release, right?
you got me. it says its a private company’s marketing material, and i would assume it would land them in hot water as being to provocative or something, but shy of some.government official admitting they OK’d it, i dunno if we can really know.
On the other hand, this could be saber rattling with plausible deniability
It has nothing to do with the government
Yeah, it definitely feels like a contradiction to have a private military contractor turning up the rhetoric like that.