To: infantrywhooah
If the entrances to the sub pens are under water and the pens themselves are underground, it's going to be a lot harder to tell if chicom subs are prowling.
When we send a satellite over Poljarni, we can tell if Russian subs are there or not and step up alertness appropriately.
If I were a betting man, I'd say the chicoms are planning a first strike and don't want to risk satellites exposing their movements until after the first nukes fly.
5 posted on
04/19/2008 8:37:36 AM PDT by
Dr.Zoidberg
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To: Dr.Zoidberg
I guess they haven’t come to grips with that Mutually Assured Destruction thing yet. I am sure we have enough boomers within striking range of China to turn that country into a nuclear wasteland in a matter of minutes. And now that we know of their pens you can rest assured that we will have more fast attacks patrolling that area.
To: Dr.Zoidberg
IF we plant sonar arrays in international waters outside the base, that will tell us when the submarines sortie, as well as which subs are making that sortie. That can be done with a Los Angeles-class sub. I don't think it is for a surprise attack, but so their subs can survive conventional air bombing from a superior U.S. force.
9 posted on
04/19/2008 8:44:04 AM PDT by
GAB-1955
(Kicking and Screaming into the Kingdom of Heaven!)
To: Dr.Zoidberg
If I were a betting man, I'd say the chicoms are planning a first strike and don't want to risk satellites exposing their movements until after the first nukes fly.Damn, that's a scary thought.
11 posted on
04/19/2008 8:45:03 AM PDT by
processing please hold
( "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.")
To: Dr.Zoidberg
I'd say the chicoms are planning a first strike and don't want to risk satellites exposing their movements until after the first nukes fly.Who would they be planning to strike? Surely not the U.S. as we are among their best customers?
Of course if the dems win and shut down WalMart and impose protectionism, who knows?
13 posted on
04/19/2008 8:48:49 AM PDT by
cerberus
To: Dr.Zoidberg
If I were a betting man, I'd say the chicoms are planning a first strike and don't want to risk satellites exposing their movements until after the first nukes fly.
Relax, China and North Korea are harmless. That's why the United States must plunge into a war with Iran as soon as possible.
At least, that's what the neocons keep telling everyone.
To: Dr.Zoidberg
26 posted on
04/19/2008 10:37:36 AM PDT by
Quix
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