{"id":144416,"date":"2026-01-18T11:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T11:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144416"},"modified":"2026-01-18T11:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T11:30:14","slug":"are-western-defence-firms-aiming-at-the-chinese-navy-in-their-promo-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144416","title":{"rendered":"Are Western defence firms aiming at the Chinese navy in their promo videos?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostTwo Western defence companies appear to have Chinese warships in their sights, with promotional videos of their weapons systems targeting vessels that look a lot like those belonging to the PLA Navy.<br \/>\nLondon-based BAE Systems posted videos on social media on Wednesday for \u201cgame-changing naval weapons and launching systems\u201d it said it was showcasing at a US defence industry conference last week.<br \/>\nOne animated video simulated a naval base under attack. The base then launches missiles from containers&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3340329\/are-western-defence-firms-aiming-chinese-navy-their-promo-videos?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostTwo Western defence companies appear to have Chinese warships in their sights, with promotional videos of their weapons systems targeting vessels that look a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144416"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}