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A Chinese cruise missile attack has to penetrate layer after layer after layer of fleet air defense to get to a US carrier.

It would only be psychologically damaging to the MSM. It would enrage and motivate the sailors.

And as the other poster wrote. "meet Aegis" ...

The greatest threat is the diesel subs. They might get off one lucky snap shot before they died.

China will try to destroy our agriculture, and hence our economy, and make us dependant on them. They will use every dirty trick imaginable in biological and economic warfare--and some unimaginable.

And they're off to a good start.

"The greatest threat is the diesel subs. They might get off one lucky snap shot before they died."

I saw an interesting documentary the other night about a Swedish sub with a Stirling engine, very quiet and they had 30 days worth of oxygen on board.

Actually, they only need hold out and absorb sea going munitions punishment long enough for their brigades of light mechanized infantry, disgorged by container ships at ports right next to some of our our critical naval facilities, to finish wrecking mayhem on them...

First off...thanks for the ping hedge

Blueflag said..."The greatest threat is the diesel subs. They might get off one lucky snap shot before they died."

JMHO, but to me its a highly asymmetrical game of poker / bluffing or perhaps 'chicken'...and it probably involves diesel subs...and conceivably some state of the art torpedoes the Chinese acquired from Russia.

However this applies if carriers are deployed within the operating range of the diesel subs...which is limited. Activities around Taiwan would fall within that range. Further out in the Pacific..probably not...without some refueling bases. Our satellites would know if those bases were operational.

Its highly asymmetrical because China could afford to lose all of their diesel subs...the cost is negligible...would a US president risk losing even one carrier....the loss of lives and cost would be greater than 9/11 right there. What would our recourse be.... a first strike nuclear attack? Or would we stay conventional?

We could have other aces up our sleeves though...all highly classified ...

We can if need be for all intents and purposes annihilate China with just a couple Trident subs parked right off the coast.

I sure wish, however, that Clinton and his lovable little sock stuffer / plea copper Sandy Berger hadn't stood by while China stole that MIRV technology...