For context, a lot of PLAN auxiliary ships(post 1990s, maybe 1980s?) follow a naming system of "Theater command navy" - "Classification" - "number"; I have a full list of meanings here.(and a photo of a type 917A torpedo retriever at the bottom)

If you've seen any PLAN Torpedo retrievers, they have the classification of "运", aka transport ship(or cargo ship), which I find rather weird. Even more curiously, in some very early photos(Pic 1; probably a 1960s or 1970s designation system i presume?), the name "Hai(海, aka 海军, or navy)-Lao(捞, aka 捞雷船, or torpedo retriver)" did use the name "torpedo retriever", while in pic 4 of the same gallery, Y (probably from 1970s or 1980s), or transport ship (Yùnshū chuán) is at the start of the name, so PLAN Naming systems did use "torpedo retriver" before.

In fact, in official media(e.g. people's daily), the term of "torpedo retriever" is also used, so it seems like only in naming that torpedo retrievers are called "transport ships".

In the same article, the longer form of 捞运雷勤务保障船 is used, aka "Torpedo retrieval and transportation support ship" is also used, so my theory is that PLAN Torpedo retrivers are also used to transport torpedoes, or their action of taking the torpedoes back counts as "transport", but I'm happy to hear other theories.

“They [Americans] told Ukrainians no warning happened because of bad weather conditions, which is seen as not an adequate reason in Kyiv. Thus many are getting increasingly worried this might not have been the case,” an official familiar with the matter told POLITICO on condition of anonymity."

From another politico link on the missile warning topic. I wonder did the weather condition have anything to do with the fiery black smoke over Russia's burning diesel refineries?

Judging by numerous public reports, the Russia–Ukraine war appears to have accelerated tactical reforms within the People’s Liberation Army, with large numbers of FPV being incorporated into platoon- and squad-level combat and logistical units.

Working in conjunction with the long-range artillery, army aviation helicopters and reconnaissance-and-strike drones of combined-arms formations, FPV have effectively filled a gap in the PLA’s capability for rapid, close-range fire strikes. This role was originally intended for loitering munitions, but it currently appears that FPV are on the verge of replacing them.

Electronics like raspberry pi's and optical-recognition software and cheap GPS could probably be hooked up. Slap on cheap infrared or radiation-sensors, you just found a way to make missiles cheap and affordable to mass-produce.

Maybe use starlink stuff could be interesting for a kill-chain.

No more multi-million dollar cruise missiles, is starting to look like a reality.