Taiwan is a rich cash cow. US not only selling to them at inflated prices, they sell highly expensive useless stuff like patriot SAMs. US MIC first as always.

KL to sanya amost 2000 km, outside J-20 combat radius. relax.

The last region china wants to fight now is asean. not because asean is strong militarily but because both regions benefit from peaceful trade. war = lose-lose.

Taiwan should worry. only murican believe Taiwan worry should be our worry.

Before the Ukraine conflict, military so called experts say the artillery system is no longer relevant in modern warfare, precision guided rockets and SSM systems have taken over the role .. but the Russians are proving the opposite , WW2 style artillery is still very effective .. rockets and missiles although very accurate but expensive and there is not enough quantity to be effective ..

Besides showing off.. why on earth would Indonesia be looking at operating destroyers.

By using made in china destroyer?

Former US Marine Corps captain Dan Grazier has watched the development of the F-35 program for almost two decades in his role as a Military Fellow for US Defence spending watchdog, the Project on Government Oversight.

He says the jet has failed to deliver on promised capabilities.

“The F-35 program right now is certainly a program in trouble," Mr Grazier said.

“The last acting Secretary of Defence under the Trump administration, in a kind of parting shot in his final week … he essentially called the F-35 a piece of shit.

“The F-35 is not ready for war… I would absolutely call the F-35 a lemon.”

https://federal.governmentcareer.com.au/arc...issues-continue
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_C._Miller