Since Vietnam and China border each other, wouldn't a missile capable of hitting China require a range of say about ten feet?
(yes, I know they are naval missile. I just thought the range statement was funny)
Posted on 04/30/2015 1:47:27 PM PDT by Army Air Corps
The Russians and the Chinese have had tensions along their shared border. This may be part of a series of signals from Moscow to Beijing.
Over disputed territory!
Yes you're quite right!
Vietcongs are men of long bloody war against ultra-modern America, Chicoms better not mess with Vietcongs, LOL!
Klub.. Sizzler??
Who names these things? Geesh.
Zinger. Kaabamster.
The multinational arms trade has some ways to go as they work the PR angle.
The PRC and the SRVN did “have it out” during The Sino-Vietnamese War in 1979.
NATO reporting names.
Since Vietnam and China border each other, wouldn't a missile capable of hitting China require a range of say about ten feet?
(yes, I know they are naval missile. I just thought the range statement was funny)
Touché! :-)
And, speaking of Vietnam reminded me that today is April 30, 2015 and is the 40th anniversary of the surrender of South Vietnam to Communist North Vietnam on April 30, 1975.
http://www.prageruniversity.com/History/The-Truth-about-the-Vietnam-War.html
Thanks to Hillary! peace is breaking out all over.
Vietnam was attacked (and possibly conquered, I can’t remember) by the Chinese centuries ago and have hated them ever since.
In the late 70s China invaded Vietnam just to kick their rear end. Vietnam would love to get revenge.
Yep. Same source of missiles like Grail or Scud.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_reporting_name#Missiles
Missiles
The initial letter of the name indicated the use of that equipment.
A — air-to-air missiles, example AA-2 Atoll: List of NATO reporting names for air-to-air missiles
K — air-to-surface missiles (from the Russian Kh designation), example AS-17 Krypton: List of NATO reporting names for air-to-surface missiles
G — surface-to-air missiles, SAM (or Ground-to-air), including ship- and submarine-launched, example SA-2 Guideline: List of NATO reporting names for surface-to-air missiles
S — surface-to-surface missiles, including ship- and submarine-launched. (most famously the SS-1 Scud): List of NATO reporting names for surface-to-surface missiles
China lost about 50,000 men in that war.
There were multiple invasions by China. The Vietnamese really aren’t keen on the Han.
They are old antagonists. Their most recent conflict over some border territory (1979) is also referred to as the Third Sino-Vietnamese War.
Like Dear Reader says, never has there been a more peaceful time. *spit*
“Deadly missile?” Versus the non-lethal type of missile?
Sino-Soviet split?
The two countries have been holding joint war games since about 2005.
From the Sino-Russian Joint Statement of April 23, 1997:
"The two sides [China and Russia] shall, in the spirit of partnership, strive to promote the multipolarization of the world and the establishment of a new international order."
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/HI29Ag01.html
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"Joint war games are a logical outcome of the Sino-Russian Friendship and Cooperation Treaty signed in 2001, and reflect the shared worldview and growing economic ties between the two Eastern Hemisphere giants."
http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2005/09/war-games-russia-china-grow-alliance
Since VietNam and China share a border, I could throw a (smaller) missile across the river and hit China. This is not a major technological achievement.
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