Hey Horse, Totally off topic : In the 19th century a country's territorial waters was determined by the range of her cannons which was put at 3miles. Now that China has a rail gun which can have a effective range of 1000ksWhat is the big deal with the sanctions?
The Europeans still got the arms embargo in place.
Just off the top of my head, the J-10, the J-20, landing on the far side of the moon, quantum satellite, various radars, hypersonic glide weapons, even more rumours of that rail gun on a ship, that has all happened since that sanction was imposed.
How will it be any different now?
It will not.
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"Electromagnetic (EM) railguns offer the potential to fire projectiles at velocities up to 6 km/s. This could conceivably permit ballistic trajectories to reach very long ranges, perhaps 1000 km or more. To deliver a payload of interest and survive the aerothermal environment associated with hypervelocity, sea level launch, the projectile would need to be quite large, 500–1000 Kg. This in turn implies a launcher of prodigious size and mass. This paper examines the nature of an electromagnetic cannon required to achieve such capabilities....."
Therefore I suggest China should leave UNCLOS and return to the 19th century method of determiining ones territorial waters. Whay d'ya think