maynarkh@feddit.nltoWorld News@lemmy.world•China, Iran and Russia hold joint war games in Gulf of Oman in response to threats to coastal tradeEnglish
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6 months agoJust did some maths.
If the whole Iranian navy and the whole Russian Pacific Fleet participates along with the three named Chinese ships, their combined displacement will be almost as much as a single Gerard R. Ford class carrier - 80% of it, actually. To be fair though, one quarter of the displacement is the comprehensive supply ship Dongpinghu, which is a big military cargo ship, not a direct combat vessel.
But that someone will have their own priorities that will most likely not always coindice with yours.