[Eric in the Ozarks]

If the Chinese show up with cast-off Russian equipment and the PI sports our old stuff, I've gotta a hunch how this is going to play out.

[hchutch]

Me, too.

The ChiComs would end up having to buy even more castoffs after the whole fuss is over with.

From the DOD Press Briefing:
SECDEF: "As we've explained earlier, the USS Cheyenne and USS Seawolf were conducting a training drill. Now, this was supposed to involve water jets, but due to an oversight, live Mark 48 ADCAPs were fired. The result, as you can see, was the destruction of the major escort force of the Chinese invasion force, which caused them to turn back from the Spratlys..."

Rumsfeld will have to be able to do that with a straight face... probably the toughest part of the whole exercise.