Posted on 07/20/2006 2:44:39 PM PDT by BradtotheBone
Beijing was the chief beneficiary of the North Korean missile launches earlier this month, according to Edward Timperlake, a specialist on China’s military. “The PRC played the United States and our allies brilliantly,” Timperlake said.
“The NK missile launches were a windfall of intelligence for the PLA.” China was able to monitor U.S. communications and missile defense system sensor activities, as well as the rules of engagement for using a missile interceptor against a North Korean long-range missile.
China has concluded that the United States has been “awakened” strategically to the growing danger from China and that the shift in forces to the Pacific is one sign.
Other signs include closer alliances with Japan and Taiwan, designed as part of a hedge strategy against China.
Timperlake is co-author of the recently published book, “Showdown: Why China Wants War With the United States,” that proposes possible war scenarios between the United States and China.
Another pimp pimping his book?
This guy puts the uck in horse puckey.
This is pure BS. They monitored our response, our communications....in their wildest damp dream.
WOW - I NEVER saw that coming.
"This is pure BS. "
REally - I'd be interested in your thoughts as my perception was the opposite - if only because there were so many launches in different directions and ranges.
Monitoring our communications: Not a chance in hell.
Monitoring our response: Only to the extent that they can detect our radar sweeps. They have no idea what we did with the information.
Understand our protocol/rules of engagement: U-huh. The limp-dong flew for 42 seconds. They have no freakin' idea what our rules of engagement are from a flight of 42 seconds. We would have learned more from a successful flight than they would have. And I wish their flight had been succesful....would have provided us with a target and an opportunity to prove concept.
Any notion that we couldn't IMMEDIATELY detect which was a short range dummy vs. the limp-dong....well....again....they're havin' one of those damp dreams.
The Soviets knew where all of our nuclear subs were thanks to the Walker spy ring. Why do you think it is impossible for them to what the atricle mentions?
When you believe a system can't be compromised it probably already has been.
"Only to the extent that they can detect our radar sweeps"
Thats all I was implying.
Edward Timperlake is yet another "China specialist" with a wet dream.
I don't think that's quite correct.
The Walker bunch may have passed on a lot of valuable information, but when a boomer is on a deployment, I believe that only the captain and a few of his senior officers know exactly where they are. They get orders that direct them to cruise around a vast expanse of ocean following a course of the captain's sole choosing, and under most circumstances they do not send back reports of where they are at any given time.
There are quite a few former submariners around here, so perhaps someone with more experience wants to chime in.
-ccm
Well, of course the Chinese intercepted all the electronic signals they could, just as we would have done in similar circumstances. They can't decrypt our communications, but they can do traffic analysis and measure the capabilities of our radar and so forth. All developed nations do stuff like this whenever they get the chance, even against their own allies. There is nothing new or interesting in this man's pathetic flackery for his book.
-ccm
U-huh.
We are light years ahead of these buffoons. Kimmy, and Mr. "I-LOVE-JIHAD," might as well be throwing rocks.
If they got anything....they got PRECISELY what we wanted them to get.
But our military hardware does not have "made in china" on it. They manufacture cheaply for the mass market. That does not mean they can crack our systems.
Some of the smartest people I ever met I met in the military. I'm sure they had no clue this could happen and needed this guy to clue them in.
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