China and North Korea could be the biggest winners in the war in Ukraine.

 China and North Korea could be the biggest winners in the war in Ukraine. Both countries can learn from the war about the capabilities they need to develop. There is a possibility that systems. China delivers to Russia, transmitting data for the PLA to analyze tactics and systems that those drones face. That data helps China develop tactics and its own integrated systems. For. Its military. This means. China develops new, low-cost systems that operate alongside the more complicated systems. 

The strategic bomber can drop a drone swarm into an operational area. And those systems can be very dangerous. When. We think about the submarines. Those systems can be transformed into drones “quite easily”. The thing is that. China, and especially Russia, can exchange data from the Ukrainian front with North Korea. 

Drones are good tools for a police state.  They can deliver data straight to Kim Jong Un’s office. And that allows him to control people personally. Those systems can also make it possible for Kim Jong Un to personally kill somebody by using a remote controller. That supports Kim Jong Un and his policy. 

In North Korea, the regime keeps control in its iron grip. That means drone swarms can also act as a police tool. And that makes this technology dangerous. We always look at the world. Through our Western philosophy and morals. We always forget about things like human rights. All. Countries' policies. Do not include those things. There are many leaders. Who don’t care about human rights. The problem with China is the state policy. 

About. A homogeneous and united nation. That means. Opposition is not allowed. And minorities face strong suppression. In North Korea, people are only one thing. That must be. But that’s all. And the only thing. That Kim Jong Un wants is robots. He wants people who do what he says. 

When somebody says something else. That. Will be the end of that person’s life. North Korea wants technology like AI and other things to control people. Conflict in Ukraine. is a good thing for both of those countries. That conflict turns the world's focus from things like Taiwan and North Korean human rights. And of course. That war allowed Kim Jong Un to send troops into the front. He may purposely send those men to their deaths. He may be afraid. They. Could know something. That they should not tell. For China.  

That conflict gave an opportunity.  To turn the world’s focus from the South China Sea. China wants to control that area’s natural resources. Oil and gas rise from the sea floor. This raises China’s power. In. The world’s economy. Oil and gas resources are dominating factors. In. Global energy marketing. Oil and gas are also tools. That give political power to people. Who control them. 

War is a good opportunity to eliminate enemies. And war crimes are good tools to shut soldiers’ mouths. They don’t dare.  To share information. That they have. War crimes are also good tools to begin a show trial. If. Somebody dares to talk. In WWII, on the Eastern Front and in occupied areas, the German military committed systematic war crimes. The purpose of those crimes was to prevent the Germans from surrendering. Those crimes also had another dark purpose. Of. Denying communication between Germans and local people. 

Data centers cause worries.

The data center is the toolbox that can do anything. Data centers are systems that run invisible programs. Intelligence officials can use them as a gateway for cyber attacks. This means that the innocent-looking systems. They can run Trojan horses. And that is one of the threats. We must be concerned. In the world of espionage. Things that people tell are not important. Things that they don’t tell are even more important than people think. An innocent-looking data center. It can offer a platform for hackers. They can use it for their operations. 

A hacker operating from Russia. Can take a VPN connection to a Chinese data center. And then make the run. In this case, the Russian connection. It can be hidden by using the VPN. All data seems to come from the data center. And if the attackers. 

They are made virtual servers. That makes things seem like the data center owners have no connection with those attacks. The problem is that. Even if. We see that the attack comes from a certain country. We cannot be sure that the attacker is in that place. Remote use of the systems makes it possible to sit anywhere. I often mention countries like North Korea and Russia. Because. Those countries can act as a shield. Real hackers. They can sit in Beijing or even in Berlin or Stockholm. Signals that travel in the VPN network. They can travel many times around the world. There can be multiple remotely used servers. That act as a platform for attackers. 

Western hackers may cooperate with Beijing and Pyongyang. This means that the Chinese operators offer their AI tools to those actors. The North Koreans and Russians can act as a shield. That prevents investigators from connecting attacks with China. That makes it harder to close the socket. The model is this. Western hackers, ordinary criminals. They can use Chinese AI as hacking tools. Their contacts sometimes give them interesting targets. And they can copy data. That is handled by those AI’s to the Chinese servers. 

The problem with Chinese AI is similar to the problems with Chinese social media. Those services entice users with the promise that many things are possible there. Things that are prohibited on Western social media platforms. In the same way. Hackers are interested in Chinese AI. That AI might allow them to make things. That are not possible for Western AI. 

So, the AI that operates from China. It can cause data security problems. The Chinese authorities. They have access to all data on the net. This means. They can use social media platforms and AI as surveillance tools. And if Western hackers who want money use those Chinese tools for penetration. That causes very dangerous situations. The main goal of perfect intelligence work is to make somebody else steal things. 

When a Western hacker makes the run. The Chinese server. It can make a copy of the data. That is driven through it. Banking and financial institutions involve lots of interesting data. They involve information about the funding of certain laboratories. And that kind of data is always interesting. 

While hackers scan the system. 

A server would copy that data to authorities. The problem is that. This kind of use of AI and social media could be prohibited in the West. 

When we protect data, we face a very big problem. The problem is that. Our society runs on data. That data is important. It should make our lives better and safer. Our health data is always in use. When we are identified. Doctors know. What medical. And what blood they can give us. But at the same time, we face a problem. 

If. We don’t protect that data. That data. It is a weapon against us. The same data that saves our lives. It can kill us. If. somebody changes our medical information. That can cause a horrible situation. 

When we see a hacker. Who operates from North Korea. We don’t really know who that person is. And where that person really sits. The server. It can be in North Korea. But the actor can sit in the same house as we sit. There is a possibility that Chinese students. They can open Western email addresses. Those things are opened from Western countries. So they cannot be connected to Chinese authorities. Or Russians and North Koreans can act as middlemen. Those actors. They can also use narcotic addicts for those operations. This means that those people. Act for the bigger thing. Than they even realize. 

Hackers don’t need big things to access the system. Only one computer is enough. That computer can be hidden in some basement. Or it can be a small tabletop. That is on a table. The hacker must only get access to that building or space. And then the server. Or the “horse” is ready. This system has one purpose. Hide the hacker’s own IP address. Powerful systems with LLMs. They can automate the attack. The hacker must only find the AI that allows the attack. And that is the reason. Why some AIs cause more problems than Google. 

Killer satellites and kinetic bombardment.

Space has a bigger role in military operations than ever before. 

China’s Shelong shuttle, which delivers and collects strange objects from the orbiter, causes worries. There is a possibility. This small shuttle has similar missions. With. The Soviet-era “Polyus” rocket. That rocket could deliver space mines and other things. Wikipedia tells. That Polyus could carry a 1 megawatt laser system. Those kinds of systems are also dangerous against high-flying targets. There is also the possibility that Polyus could cause fires. But the system. It was dangerous to other satellites. Similar structures. That look like space stations. They can involve this kind of laser system. And megawatt-class lasers are dangerous. 

In the same way, things like power satellites. They can be weaponized. The power satellite. That uses its power transmitter to other satellites. It could destroy them immediately. And those electromagnetic signals can also damage electric systems on Earth. Or those satellites. They can also jam command lines. And disturb radars. 

The space mine is a satellite. It involves nuclear- or conventional explosives. That system waits for targeted satellites. And detonates near them. Many people forget the neutron bomb. It is created for anti-satellite (ASAT) and anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems. The neutron bomb. Or, an enhanced radiation weapon (ERW) gives gamma radiation. And a neutron radiation burst. And that burst is hoped to create an EMP pulse. 

That range is smaller. Than in the cases where a full-scale nuclear weapon is detonated. The solution would be to detonate that neutron bomb in the air tank. That makes it possible to create the EMP. The EMP formation happens. When gamma rays hit the atmosphere. The satellites are safe against the low-power EMP. If they fly high enough. But if the neutron bomb detonates in the air tank. That launches a similar effect as the normal EMP weapon. 

China’s next-generation satellite engine provides 14 hours of operational time. That time seems very long. And the 14 hours of operational time allow the satellite to change its trajectory. These types of maneuvers. They are interesting. But at the same time, those abilities cause suspicion about the purpose of those engines and satellites. These types of engine systems are also suitable for reconnaissance satellites. That requires fast and unpredictable overflight capacity. But killer satellites and FOBS (Fractional Orbital Bombardment Systems) require the same abilities. One version of FOBS is kinetic bombardment. 

This type of technology is a tool that can make killer satellites more deadly than before. A killer satellite is a space fighter. It can attack other satellites. The killer can use rockets, railguns, centrifugal railguns, and laser systems to destroy its targets. The centrifugal railgun is the system. It uses a centrifugal platform. To throw ammunition. Into the magnetic accelerators. Those magnetic accelerators are the Gauss accelerators. They accelerate ammunition by using magnets. That ammunition requires something. There is the magnet. It can touch. Another version is the plasma solutions. Their plasma is used to accelerate ammunition. 

And the electric arc expands the gas. That pushes the ammunition into the tube. But the centrifugal-gauss accelerator combination. Gives the most powerful speed. To the ammunition. Things like Project Thor were the orbital bombardment project. The goal was to research a spaceborne railgun.  The system should accelerate metal flechettes. To a speed of Mach 24. The Pentagon abandoned that project. The problem was that the system was not accurate enough. The kinetic bombardment could be an effective tool against single houses and things like tanks and ships. The big problem was in the aiming system. Another thing that those kinetic bombardment systems could do. They could do. Is to offer defense against high-flying hypersonic missiles. 

Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS) compared to a traditional ICBM (Wikipedia, FOBS)

"The T-shaped structure of the China Space Station. /China Manned Space Agency" (CGTN)

“China leads in satellite navigation despite launch challenges.” (IE)

“The same microwave beams meant to send energy from space could also control signals on Earth.” (IE)

“Polyus on the Energia rocket”. (Wikipedia, Polyus)

W9 280mm Artillery Fired Atomic Projectile. (Wikipedia, Upshot–Knothole Grable)

Above: One of the smallest nuclear weapons. Davy Crockett  at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 1961. The yield of that weapon. It was about 20 tons of TNT. That is twice as much as the 10-ton MOP bombs that were used against Iranian nuclear laboratories. In the so-called subcritical nuclear weapons, the remarkable power of the explosion comes from the conventional explosion. The system is the weaponized version of the subcritical nuclear reactor.

 “A subcritical reactor is a nuclear fission reactor concept that produces fission without achieving criticality. Instead of sustaining a chain reaction, a subcritical reactor uses additional neutrons from an outside source. There are two general classes of such devices. One uses neutrons provided by a nuclear fusion machine, a concept known as a fusion–fission hybrid. The other uses neutrons created through spallation of heavy nuclei. By charged particles such as protons accelerated by a particle accelerator, a concept known as an accelerator-driven system (ADS) or accelerator-driven subcritical reactor.” (Wikipedia, Subcritical reactor)

For work right. The reaction must be very fast. 

There is a possibility that this kind of small nuke will be put at the bottom of the GPU 57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP). And then detonate in that bomb. The system will give a very big boost. For a conventional anti-bunker bomb. The anti-bunker bomb that could be delivered using ballistic missiles. It can detonate ballistic missiles at their launching sites. And the nuclear-powered anti-bunker bombs. They can be very effective. The Davy Crockett-type micro nukes cause criticism. They are claimed to remove the line between conventional and nuclear warheads. And decrease the line. To use nuclear weapons. 

The kinetic bombardment will not be effective at ruining cities. The FOBS systems. The spaceborne nuclear weapons. That could be installed. Into the satellites. The EMP bomb that lurks in the satellite. That could detonate without warning. And those systems are dangerous for all types of electronics. The EMP pulse. It can shut down the communication antennas. And cause critical damage. To avionic systems and other electric components. The smart weapons. They can also turn ineffective. 

That is another thing that causes worries. People sometimes think that FOBS is some kind of big nuclear weapon. The FOBS system. It can use nuclear grenades. The 280mm nuclear grenade. It is not a very big thing. Same way as the neutron bomb. It could be quite a small thing. Neutron bomb. It can also detonate targets like ships. If they get direct hits from those weapons. 

The FOBS doesn’t necessarily mean nuclear weapons. The FOBS system. It can deliver glide bombs that are equipped with a heat shield. Or the orbital bombardment system. It can deliver drones. In the atmosphere. Kinetic systems can also be rockets. That satellite shoots into its targets. The kinetic attack system. It can be regular aerial rockets. Equipped. With a ceramic core. Those systems can drop or launch those rockets just above the target. There is also the possibility. That the concrete bombs. They can be dropped from space. 

In scenarios, the FOBS weapon mimics space junk. Sometimes. Satellites whose operational time is over. Will be launched on a high-altitude trajectory. Those FOBS satellites can lurk in that satellite graveyard. When they get their orders. They fall to a lower trajectory. Or straight to the target. Same way as a satellite fighter. That mission is to demosh other satellites. It can hide in that region. The system. It can launch miniature satellites that push other satellites away from their trajectories. In some other scenarios, the system. It could shoot small soft ammunition at the targeted satellites. 

That system can involve an electric shock system. That jams the satellite. The soft structure. It helps to keep targeted satellites in one piece. And the ammunition just pushes them  into the atmosphere. This kind of system can be effective against low-orbiting photo reconnaissance satellites. Another version could be a neutron bomb. That detonates in the air tank. This can create a destructive EMP pulse with a limited area effect. Another version is the hydro-oxygen tank. That detonates in water. This kind of system. They can create a material wall. That pushes satellites. Out of their trajectory. 

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https://interestingengineering.com/space/chinas-space-solar-power-station-hints-military-use

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A Chinese portable electromagnetic gun can be far more dangerous than anyone expected.

To be dangerous, the railgun must not reach hypersonic speed. The speed of a normal bullet is enough to make those systems dangerous. The railgun can be connected with the automatic launch system, which takes an image of the target. It measures the air pressure, wind, target’s distance, precise position, and speed. And then. The operator aims the gun, and the system shoots the ammunition automatically. The system. It can also use intelligent bullets that the laser point aims to target. 

The system takes an image of the target. And then the system transfers it in the bullet, which uses its wings to drive it into the target. This allows the shooter to shoot precisely behind visual obstacles. The railgun system can also shoot small drone helicopters that fly over enemy heads. And then those mini copters can shoot those targets by using bullets inside them. The system would be. A little bit like the CBU-97 Sensor Fused Weapon, but smaller. The 20-40 mm version of this system is possible. To shoot through the portable railgun or grenade launcher.

Portable railguns reach a very high rate of fire. That means that the system can act as a portable version of the minigun. But the electromagnetic launching system makes it more flexible than regular guns. And another thing is that those electromagnetic weapons are not jammed in the same way as normal guns. The EM gun doesn’t need gunpowder, and that’s why it can act in very wet conditions. The main problem. With those guns is the battery system. Those batteries are heavy. They are as easy to change as the magazine of the gun. The system doesn’t cause flash in the dark. To be dangerous, the gun must not send ammunition. 

CBU-97 Sensor Fused Weapon’s tactical diagram. The small-sized man-portable version of this weapon. It is maybe under development. 

With hypersonic speed. The system can adjust the speed of ammunition from high subsonic to high supersonic. The speed of 9 mm. A Parabellum bullet is enough to kill a person. The small-sized EM guns don’t cause explosive alarms. The system can accelerate ammunition by using an electric arc. And then Gauss's track accelerates the ammunition. This kind of system can shoot 1000-3000 rounds per minute. 

The small railguns can be mounted on the drones. And the lack of recoil makes them suitable for small drones. Small drones. They  can be equipped with centrifugal cannons. Centrifugal cannon. It is just a spinning plate. The problem is that. The muzzle velocity of centrifugal cannons is not as high as that of magnetic cannons. 

The system that includes both systems. Centrifugal and magnetic accelerators can give far higher muzzle velocity and rate of fire than centrifugal cannon or magnetic cannon alone. 

The rate of fire could rise far higher if Gauss’s track is connected to a centrifugal cannon. The centrifugal cannon is a spinning plate that can guide those rounds to Gauss’s track. The system can drop metal balls onto the spinning plate. And then the hole in the frame lets those metal balls travel into the magnetic accelerator. 

https://brobible.com/culture/article/china-handheld-electromagnetic-railgun/

https://interestingengineering.com/military/china-electromagnetic-cannon-tech-coil-gun

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBU-97_Sensor_Fuzed_Weapon

Why is the West losing to China?

"A still from a video released by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) that outlines its concept for a lunar base to be developed across the next couple of decades. (Image credit: China National Space Administration)" (Space.com, China plans to build moon base at the lunar south pole by 2035)

Why is it not the same who wins the race to the moon? The best places on that small world are always limited. So, whoever is first gets the best places. Moon poles are the safest places for the moon bases. Because the cosmic radiation is weakest in that position. Things like thermal changes are smallest at the moon's poles. 

We all heard that NASA is losing the race to the moon. But nobody asks why? And why is this race so important? We all know that there is another moon race. This time, the racers are China and the USA. And we know that China is winning this game. But why does this happen? Why is China so innovative? The first reason for losing the moon race is the loss of budget at NASA. The agency lacks the resources to fulfill all its responsibilities. Another thing is the safety reason. Chinese must not follow the same safety standards. With Western space agencies. And that makes their work more effective. The third thing is that. The Chinese government will give. It’s all support for the moon race. The next question is, why is this race so important? Moon offers a good environment. To test things like nuclear rockets. 

And it offers. Good platform for space telescopes. But those moon telescopes. They can also make intelligence missions. Those telescopes see things from the Earth. The fact is that. The moon offers. A good place for missile bases. And the moon base. It can serve as a biological laboratory that can serve both civil and military purposes. The Moon could be. A perfect place for biological weapon laboratories. When we think about the moon and military bases on it. There is a possibility of creating missile bases on the moon. In the same way. Those bases can operate with weapons that nobody expected. 

"Elon Musk proposes ‘cannon-like’ mass drivers on moon to build orbital AI data centers." (Interesting Engineering)

There is a possibility. To launch nuclear weapons or kinetic ammunition to Earth from the moon by using magnetic mass drivers. The mass drivers that can support orbital building projects can also be used to launch nuclear grenades to Earth. Or those systems can shoot a salvo of kinetic projectiles to the ground. Those mass-drivers can make the “Rods of God” true. The salvo of ceramic-tungsten flechettes can destroy entire cities. But those systems. They can be used to launch miniature space shuttles. 

The moon. It can be the home for the ion cannons. Those ion systems can shoot ions to the Earth orbiter. And those systems can be devastating to satellites. 

But those systems can also launch small-sized nuclear grenades or even antimatter ammunition to Earth. About a 300 mm nuclear grenade would be very hard to detect. If it's shot from a magnetic accelerator, that system. It can be invisible until it reaches the atmosphere. 

 In the cases of antimatter, the system. It can create antimatter by using the same methods. That CERN uses. Then those antimatter particles can be launched to the higher atmosphere. There. Annihilation makes extremely powerful radiation. That radiation can kill people in large areas. And it can form high-energy plasma that causes terrible things. The antimatter cannon is a normal ion cannon that shoots antimatter. In the atmosphere. Antimatter particles annihilate immediately, releasing an extremely high-energy load. A gram of antimatter can destroy an entire planet. 

The antimatter system. It can affect the target directly. Or, it can affect the medium first. That thing can be the capsule where those antimatter particles hit the wall of their capsule. Then annihilation transfers energy to the environment, forming plasma. If researchers want to create a particle beam that involves antimatter particles, the system must create a hole in the air. That denies that the antimatter particles interact before they reach their targets. This means that in real life, the Teller bomb. Works like this. Antimatter particles would be in the magnetic capsule. That keeps those particles hovering in a vacuum. Then the system removes the magnetic field. And then the system pulls those particles to the wall of the chamber.

“The United States faces a critical inflection point as China accelerates its push to dominate the next frontier of warfare, the fusion of biotechnology and artificial intelligence (AI). “ (Interesting Engineering, Gene-edited super-soldiers with AI power could be unleashed by China, warns US report)

“According to a new report by the US National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology, China’s systematic state-driven approach is reshaping the global biotechnology landscape, and the implications for national security are surprising.”(Interesting Engineering, Gene-edited super-soldiers with AI power could be unleashed by China, warns US report)

“The Chinese government cares less. Than Western governments about things like public opinion. This means there is a possibility to create projects that Western societies cannot understand or accept. Things like genetically engineered super soldiers might be in service after a couple of years. Those genetically engineered super soldiers could be extremely loyal and intelligent. “(Interesting Engineering, Gene-edited super-soldiers with AI power could be unleashed by China, warns US report)

And they might not have. A similar feeling to normal humans. Maybe those creatures have the same genome that makes wolves loyal. And. There is a possibility that their muscles and senses are improved. In the same way, their sexual behavior could be killed. This means those things will not tell things in bed. And that thing means that. The only thing that those creatures serve. It would be the Chinese government. They might have a thing. Called controlled sociopathy. It’s possible. That. There is some kind of switch. That can activate those things. 

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https://www.space.com/china-moon-base-south-pole-2035

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment

EMP weapons can destroy satellites and ground-based electronic infrastructure.

The Chinese new microwave system is called TPG1000Cs. That system can be mounted on the Chinese space station. The system is introduced. As a ground-based system developed at the Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology (NINT), it is capable of disrupting or damaging satellites. The new Chinese development could also target American Starlink satellites. But. The five-ton weight system. It can also be mounted in aircraft, ships, or satellites. 

On July 9, 1962, the U.S. military made the “Starfish Prime” test near Johnson Island. The test was a high-altitude 1,4 megaton nuclear test. This detonation. Turned the electric supply off in Honolulu. And. That nuclear detonation. Showed the impact of the high-power electromagnetic pulse. The Starfish Prime raised a question: what if the EMP impulse could be made without a nuclear explosion? 

In 1977, the Soviet reconnaissance satellite Kosmos 954. Dropped in Canada. The thing that made that satellite interesting. It was its nuclear reactor. Kosmos 954 used its reactor. For its radar system. But. Some researchers thought that the Kosmos 954 had a microwave or radio wave-based system that it could use against other satellites. The EMP weapon. That uses aimed maser (microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation) technology is an extremely dangerous system. The system can take out other satellites. But if that EMP system has enough power. It can also affect ground targets. 

China developed the Starlink killer. That system can generate a 20-gigawatt microwave impulse for one minute, which can potentially destroy electronics on all satellites. The system can destroy the satellite constellations. The length of that system is five meters. The weight of the system. It is about five tonnes. The system can be mounted on a truck, ship, aircraft, or even in a spaceship. The name of the system. Is TPG1000Cs. 

There are plans. To create radio-wave-based EMP systems. Those systems use radio waves that. Jump from the ionosphere to destroy electronics. High-power radars and radio telescopes can create EMP pulses. That can destroy computers and microchips in their effective range.   The system can also use crossing radio waves. Those systems create an electric arc. Into the target area. Those systems can cause fire. And destroy also other things than just electronic components. 

"Cosmos-954 satellite artist rendition Note: The image is a pure phantasy depiction and has nothing in common with the real Cosmos-954 (RORSAT) and should not be used to illustrate articles on Cosmos-954 or RORSAT" (Wikipedia, Kosmos 954)

China developed the Starlink killer. That system can generate a 20-gigawatt microwave impulse, which can potentially destroy electronics on all satellites. The system can destroy the satellite constellations. 

The microwave-based system can also destroy low-trajectory reconnaissance satellites. But the ability to generate such a powerful microwave makes it possible to destroy electronics on the ground. If we think. About the orbiting system that can generate a 20-30 gigawatt microwave-EMP pulse. That system can be dangerous for hypersonic missiles and aircraft. And ground-based electronics. 

The system can use solar panels or a small nuclear reactor. To create that kind of microwave burst. This kind of system differs from the explosive-based systems. That way. That it can give. Those high-power microwave bursts. into multiple targets. If that kind of microwave hits the missile base or communication platform, that system destroys the electronics immediately. The space-based microwave transmitter can also operate against other satellites. The EMP weapons are also suitable systems to use against drone swarms and combat robots. 

This is one of the reasons. Why. Large-scale structures in space. Are. Somehow dangerous. China plans to launch data centers into space. Those systems require lots of energy. And the space-based microwave systems can use similar power supply technology that was developed for those data centers. 

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https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/19/inside-ring-china-rapidly-building-space-warfare-might-us-intel/

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime

Chinese merchant ships with container missile systems worry people.

"If China is indeed preparing to use commercial ships as potential military platforms, the implications extend beyond naval strategy."(Interesting Engineering, China converts cargo vessels into military ships, containers to be missile launchers: Report)

The armed cargo ships or merchant cruisers are meant. For merchant warfare. Their purpose is to capture freighters and act as a trap for pirates and hostile merchant cruisers.  In some sources,  armed cargo ships. Or merchant cruisers are mentioned as ineffective against normal warships. The case H.M.S Jervis Bay vs. a German pocket battleship. Admiral Scheer lasted half an hour, and then the merchant cruiser Jervis Bay sank. Another case where a merchant cruiser faced two battlecruisers was the case. 

When H.M.S Rawalpindi faced two German battle cruisers. Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, the Rawpindi faced its fate almost immediately. Those cases were demonstrations. Merchant cruisers cannot resist the normal surface combatants. But merchant cruisers are not meant. To fight against large battleships or battlecruisers. 

"Another angle of the ship. (Chinese internet)" (TWZ, Chinese Cargo Ship Packed Full Of Modular Missile Launchers Emerges)

The purpose of merchant cruisers was to go on a merchant war. Their mission was to stop and sink other merchant ships. But as we know. The merchant cruisers also played. Some kind of role in the German Kriegsmarine. The German merchant cruisers forced the Allies to use heavier escort ships over longer distances. That meant those ships were. Out of escort and patrol duties in the North Sea. And that could mean something at the beginning of the war in 1939. The fact is that. 

Merchant cruisers can be deadly if they sneak close to other ships and launch torpedoes. The introduction. About this kind of case. Was. The case when the German auxiliary, or merchant cruiser Kormoran (HSK-8), faced the Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney (D43). Sydney sank Kormoran, but Kormoran had time to launch torpedoes, one or more hit, and they sank that heavy cruiser. This is one. Way to see things. That a merchant cruiser can do. But those WWII merchant cruisers are not what they are today. 

During WWII. Was fear. The Germans would deploy radio-controlled V-1 flying bombs into their ships. And that weapon could be. At least to attempt to use them against Allied ships and cities. 

"A closer look at the radar and CIWS installation on the vessel. (Chinese internet)" (TWZ, Chinese Cargo Ship Packed Full Of Modular Missile Launchers Emerges)

Modern merchant cruisers or container ships can be equipped with hypersonic missiles and drones. 

When we think about those ships and their weapons, we must remember one thing. During WWII. There were no container cruise missiles. Those merchant cruisers. Was. Not equipped with “Kalibr”-type hypersonic missiles. The hypersonic container-missile system can be dangerous. To any target. The nuclear warheads make those missiles the deadliest weapons on Earth. Another thing is that. Those merchant cruisers can make surprise attacks against selected targets. 

Weapon systems like Club-K can make the merchant ship capable. To attack far from the coast. Another thing is that. Those hypersonic weapons can. Threaten aircraft carriers. The hypersonic weapon. Is. Easy to drive on the deck and launch from a variable platform. The container ship can carry or launch those systems. And in the worst cases, those weapons can be deployed even into the U.S. or some other country's territory. 

Another problem is drones. A drone can carry things like drugs and guns to customers. Small-sized kamikaze drones can be launched from the decks of any ships. Drones don’t need any special equipment for launching. Those systems can operate straight from their boxes. And that makes those systems deadly. The suicide drone can also be equipped with a laser pointer, which points targets to the laser-homing missiles or drones. This means that the system is very hard to jam. Things like lightweight kamikaze drones can also operate as surveillance tools, and point targets to other bigger drones.  

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https://interestingengineering.com/military/china-turns-cargo-vessels-into-military-ships

https://www.newsweek.com/photos-chinese-cargo-ship-missile-launchers-11270114

https://www.twz.com/sea/chinese-cargo-ship-packed-full-of-modular-missile-launchers-emerges

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_auxiliary_cruiser_Kormoran

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Gneisenau

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Scharnhorst

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Admiral_Scheer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Rawalpindi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalibr_(missile_family)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-1_flying_bomb