The Rising Sea Dragon in Asia - 2007 Update

The rRsing Sea Dragon in Asia Web Site ^ | 24 February 2007 | Jeff Head

[Jeff Head]

For all those interested and who have been following my work regarding the PLAN.

[Jeff Head]

FYI

[Oztrich Boy]

Speaking for those on the other thread

"it's only a model"

[RobFromGa]

bump to your interesting thread Jeff.

Hope you are well!

[Jeff Head]

FYI...more info for the threat matrix.

[ClearCase_guy]

Thanks. I wish the US were more eager to spend money on next-generation surface ships. We're gonna need them, but they take years to design and build. The first DDG-1000 Destroyer is supposed to hit the water in 2012, last I heard. That seems far away, but what can you do?

[editor-surveyor]

Thanks for the ping. When do you sleep?

[Jet Jaguar]

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[Jeff Head]

Thank you my friend. I am well. The Head Clan is prospering and doing alright. The good Lord is smiling upon us...despite whatever hardships and travail we may otherwise face.

The ongoing buildup of the red Chinese Navy continues to trouble me.

[Jeff Head]

Add to that that they are cutting back the total number of DDX vessels to twelve, or as few as eight...and the concern grows. No matter how good they will be, and I have no doubts that they will be good...eight total ships means only 4-6 are deployed at any one time and that few can only cover so many bases.

Continue to write and raise cain with your reps...speak to others and have them do the same. Educate and make others aware. A whole lot of us need to be doing that if we are to make any difference short of abject disasters befalling us and then forcing the change in attitude.

[Jeff Head]

hehehe...not enough.

[gas0linealley]

What about names?

Have the Chinese named a warship the "Walmart" yet?

[Jeff Head]

The new frigates are the Ma'anshan class and each will be individually named. Carrier has no official name yet, the LPD has no official name yet. The purchased Russian destroyers are the Hangzhou class and each is individually named. Names are given for the replinishment class.

The other destroyers and major ships are also named.

The FACs, to my knowledge have not been named and are only numbered to this point.

As to Walmart...well, the point is well taken, among other trade activities, our dollars are funding this buildup in a large way.

[Non-Sequitur]

bump

[bws53]

It's not Wal-Mart or other retailers that are the problem, per se. The problem is the manufacturers and researchers - Motorola, Intel, Cisco, IBM, Agere, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, GE, Boeing, and many others.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

BTTT!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Just another trading partner. Nothing to see here...

[Jeff Head]

All of what you say is true...but they still enjoy profits from our dollars for the many products produced over there...that adds to the whole.

[Strategerist]

Thanks. I wish the US were more eager to spend money on next-generation surface ships. We're gonna need them, but they take years to design and build. The first DDG-1000 Destroyer is supposed to hit the water in 2012, last I heard. That seems far away, but what can you do?

We're still cranking out DDG-51s and they're superior to anything China has now or building.

[Jeff Head]

Yes we are...and they are awesome. I thank God each day that they are out there. The latest flight Burkes have the CIWS and the Harpoons removed (when they added the helo hangar, they removed the harpoons from the aft deck). They carry the Standards, the helos, the dual purpose gun, the torpedo tubes, and the Tomohawks. As I understand it, some vessels are getting launch cannisters for the ESSM (Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile) now in place of the CIWS.