And using it would cost the trillion or so dollars the Chinese have invested in the US.
Wonder how much technology was given to them by the Clinton administration?cj
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It's one thing to hit a stationary test target sitting the middle of a desert. Quite another to hit one maneuvering at 35+ knots.
A perfect time to cut our military to pre-WWII funding.
The forgot the thousands of factories now in Red China that used to be located in the United States.
“Anti-Satellite Weaponry”
Capital assets orbiting earth will be targeted in the next world conflict. Both sides have this capability. The winner of the space battle will be the champion.
“Offensive Cyber Operations”
There’s gonna be a lot of pissed off FReepers if they bring the web down!
The carrier wins the maneuverability race.
In order to hit a carrier it would then have to be a huge conventional blast: on the order of 30,000 lbs of TNT within a 1/8 mile radius. Not a practical load for an RV.
The carrier wins the blast race.
It would therefore, at a minimum, that the RV be nuclear in the 5 - 10 kT range. Doable, but then you bring the entire US nuclear umbrella down on your head.
We loose a carrier, you loose your country and a few hundred million to nuclear strikes.
We win and send the Marines in to polish the glass of the new worlds largest optical telescopes.
If you want to defeat a carrier strike group, ignore the carrier. Go after it's defensive armada.
If the destroyers, cruisers and subs are gone, a naked carrier is no threat.
Weapon #1 - Mac daddies red line foreign policy.
Weapon #2 - Mac daddies waiting for confirmation reports
Weapon #3 - Mac daddies selecting who he will blame if things go wrong
Weapon #4 - Mac daddy pauses on retalitation
Weapon #5 - Mac daddies wide yellow stripe down his back
A near vertical targeting of a carrier with an accurate maneuvering, tracking missile would be hard to defend against. They should be scared of it.
I'll believe that when I see them unrep a Task Force of Warships off the coast of California.
DF21 "Carrier Killer"? Show me.
I don't believe even the US could build something like that, as described. Hitting a moving target from 1k miles out with a ballistic missile? Good luck.
Face it, we sold our souls for profit, and gave away the keys to the kingdom in the process.
If the chinese enacted an embargo on the US tomorrow, virtually all industry in this country would grind to a halt within less than a month. That is how much of the US industry that was here, now resides in china, and they know
it, and they will use it as a weapon when the time comes.
The big danger is Chinese Military Tailoring. The cute soldier-boy in the posted article would cause our people to ROTFLTAO and be unable to operate their weapons.
That sleazeoid material reminded me of the stuff in the Hall'o'ween costume store, along with the 1944 girlie shoulder pads. Very Barbara Stanwyck.
BTW, a 1500 km range? That's "only" about 1,000 miles. Hell, Hitler did better than that.
“WILL”
It is the critical component missing from the American “quiver”......
Obama will extend an open hand and the Chinese will love us.
Well, if U.S. ships are attacked and don’t have the needed conventional defensive weapons, U.S. military forces will use nukes.