Posted on 09/06/2021 1:59:17 PM PDT by Retain Mike
Overviewing the current strategic situations, mainland China, aspiring to become an international superpower, is eager to undermine the international order and regional stability. It has been particularly imposing coercive means of verbal intimidation and saber-rattling, intrusion and provocation by aerial and maritime assets, cyberattacks, and cognitive warfare-forcing us to succumb to their will. Amidst the rapid-change external situations with full of severe challenges, the ROC Armed Forces is absolutely responsible for defending Taiwan. Only by improving ourselves and striving forward, accelerating force buildup and focusing on defense reform without fear of any difficulties, can we protect the country by our own strength and create a prosperous future for the nation.
The QDR is a guiding document that directs the future development of the ROC Armed Forces. “Striving Forward and Creating a New Prospect” is the motive of the 2021 QDR. The 7 chapters are summarized as follows.
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Report on U.S.-China Competition in East, South China Sea https://news.usni.org/2021/08/10/report-on-u-s-china-competition-in-east-south-china-sea-9?utm_source=USNI+News&utm_campaign=a13aadeb6a-USNI_NEWS_DAILY&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0dd4a1450b-a13aadeb6a-230377553&mc_cid=a13aadeb6a&mc_eid=c8807e97f8
Some of us aren't cool enough to know what that is.
Ping.
Coordinates in the Gulf of Tonkin where aircraft carriers would launch strikes against targets in North Vietnam.
“Yankee Station (officially Point Yankee) was a fixed coordinate off the coast of Vietnam where U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and support ships loitered in open waters over a nine-year period during the Vietnam War. The location was used primarily by aircraft carriers of Task Force 77 to launch strikes over North Vietnam. While the coordinate’s official designation was “Point Yankee”, it was universally referred to as Yankee Station. Carriers conducting air operations at Yankee Station were said to be “on the line” (in combat) and statistical summaries were based on days on the line. Yankee Station was initially located at 16° 00′ N, 110° 00′ E,[1] however with a massive increase in operations over North Vietnam in 1966 the station was moved about 145 miles (230 km) northwest to 17° 30′ N, 108° 30′ E,[2] placing it about 90 miles (145 km) from the North Vietnamese shore.”
Placing aircraft carriers in a location where they can be easily found in today’s threat environment would be, to say the least, not sound military thinking. Vietnam didn’t have subs, but China has about seventy of them. Also, China can launch long range antiship missiles and deliver mines from a variety of an estimated 1,000 dual use “civilian” ships.
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Indeed. If we are as reliant on aircraft carriers strategically as it appears we are (ie, a carrier group sent off at every crisis) it could very likely prove to be our Achilles heel. I doubt they are as defensible as we wish them to be.
I fear that there is little in the LEFT to restrain Biden’s fecklessness in ‘simplifying’ foreign relations as he just demonstrated with the Afghanistan fiasco. Thus, so long as Peoples Republic of China (PRC) maintains commercial operations, Joe would likely have little objection to the PRC ‘reabsorbing’ its lost island of Taiwan. It would be to his advantage in reducing the number of memory cells he has to use.
Its impact on Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore and Australia can be trusted to his crack(ed) staff, Cabinet, (woke) Military and associates in the CCP revenue stream. After all, it is likely that this will be a net positive on the Biden Administration’s top international goal, ‘Climate Uncertainty’! Why, Joe could even get his very own Piece Prize out of this!
“I doubt they are as defensible as we wish them to be.”
Every “nuke puke” (submariner) I ever knew, quite a few, had a story about how they “killed” a carrier during war games and it got rescored later as just a bit of damage.
Having some exposure to military politics, I can say that the sacred cows never get harmed. But, they’re not so sacred to our enemies.
Thank You!
With Xoe Xiden puppet of Xi usurping power Taiwan is sadly ikely on her own.
I sorted it out to one carrier and escorts doing unrep and the duty carrier and escorts launching and recovering planes. The duty carrier passed on my starboard side and made a 180 degree turn hull down on the horizon. Soon I saw his starboard bow, but his bearing was about 10% relative. The plan guard destroyer was not visible. By the rules of the road, I should execute a port-to-port passage.
However, there were special rules for Yankee Station. Basically, the admiral in charge could to whatever he pleased, and your job was to stay out of the way and crossing his bow was definitely not staying out of the way. So, I made a sharp turn to port toward the unrep carrier, and the duty carrier passed down my starboard side launching aircraft.
Later we passed through the Taiwan Straits as all navy ships did on trips to and from Japan and Vietnam. It was a much simpler world and we fell asleep in years to come.
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