{"id":152879,"date":"2026-06-12T22:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T22:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152879"},"modified":"2026-06-12T22:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T22:00:11","slug":"chinas-navy-has-missiles-and-drones-why-is-it-bringing-back-the-big-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152879","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s navy has missiles and drones. Why is it bringing back the \u2018big guns\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIn an era of naval warfare defined by air superiority, precision missiles and autonomous drones, China\u2019s navy appears to be bringing back the \u201cbig guns\u201d.<br \/>\nA new naval gun system is said to be in development which takes 155mm, or 6.1-inch, artillery shells.<br \/>\nThat would make it the largest of its kind in the world today.<br \/>\nThe naval gun has recently been spotted undergoing sea-based performance testing from an experimental warship, which suggests it is moving closer to being deployed by the People\u2019s&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3356887\/chinas-navy-has-missiles-and-drones-why-it-bringing-back-big-guns?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 PostIn an era of naval warfare defined by air superiority, precision missiles and autonomous drones, China\u2019s navy appears to be bringing back the \u201cbig&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\/152879"}],"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=152879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152879\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}