Posted on 12/28/2010 7:43:01 PM PST by raptor22
China's Challenge: As tensions elevate on the Korean peninsula, Pyongyang's patron deploys a weapon designed to sink the very ships we are sending to protect an ally. This does not bode well.
The prospects that the Korean War, which ended in only an interminable armistice, may resume has become an increasingly real possibility in recent months.
That its patron, China, without which North Korea would collapse of its own rot, now has deployed a missile designed to target and sink U.S. carrier battle groups adds a new and disturbing element to any confrontation in the region.
Admiral Robert Willard, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, told the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun last Sunday that China's touted "carrier-killer," an anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) designated the Dong Feng-21D, had reached "initial operational capability."
This version of China's land-based mobile medium-range missile is off the drawing boards and in the field.
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good thing we just signed an arms treaty, otherwise this could have gotten ugly
Pop a carrier and see how the game changes.
I posted this on another thread a couple of days ago you might find it interesting.
US stunned: New Chinese missile capable of sinking every US supercarrier
Why is China building carriers if China’s new missile is such a game changer?
Oh China is years away from being a threat. And that Chinese General, the one talking about nuking LA, well he was just joking.
Does anyone know if our carriers typically carry tactical nuclear weapons?
If so are they under local command or require the CINC to authorize release? Does anyone know US policy about an identifiable nation, like China, attacking? Is this automatically considered an act of war requiring (a) A heavy military response? (b) An automatin declaration of war by Congress?
“Pop a carrier and see how the game changes.”
With old Hope and Change in charge?
Big talk doesn’t counter big weapons.
Thank you, Krinton.
The usual suspects. It may be decades before we find out exactly how much damage the Clintons caused. Combined with Obama we may never recover.
If their missiles work as well as their “General Electric” compact flourescent bulbs who can tell what will happen? We have the despicable first black pResident to that for that, bill krintoon.
Then again, we have an America-hater as pResident of the USA right now.
Maybe he’ll send a division of the Bay Area Rump Rangers to invade China and exact justice that is swift and retribution that is perverted?
Even trade.
Cheers!
The reason we need both space-based and sea-based anti-baalistic missile systems.
Obviously this kind of missile would be very fast from launch to target, but on our drawing boards somewhere certainly are an answer to such a missile. This has not really taken the Pentegon by surprise, if you read btween the lines of the Admiral’s statement to the Japanese paper.
Of course it would be considered an “act of war” but as you lose on the non nuclear level in the Pacific theatre, you lose your abiity to project power there and moving up the escalation chain quickly gets you to a point where nuclear weapons may be taking out our allies or our own cities. You don’t want to get to that point.
Can they hit the accompanying missile boats too.?
The Chinese are still a decade behind, and they are well aware of this fact.
Therefrom derives all the bluster about a game changing system, because there are big dogs on their street, and they really can not do anything about it..
Delete “may” replace with “won’t” and you will be correct.
That is, we have the despicable first black pResident to THANK for that, bill krintoon.
Too tired after a busy day WORKING unlike most bamster supporters.
Yep! From what I’ve been reading, one 1,000 pound bomb would take down the Three Gorges Dam.
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