Someone else hinted on Free Republic there is something going on with China..
Interesting times also with the Army release info on their new super gun that could be station in PI and hint the artificial islands.
Is the CCP about to loose power?
Great, now we’ll either die from a virus named after a beer or a chinese nuke.
It’s settled. I’m emptying my 401k and bank account and heading to vegas for one last big bash.
If anyone reads about some fat guy from Staten Island found dead in his Vegas hotel room surrounded by drugs, booze, poker chips and women...
don’t expect to see anymore posts from me.
And know I went out with a smile :)
JK!!!
Wars and rumors of wars.
A Harpoon would have been a commensurate response.
Perhaps the laser was just a rangefinder. Perhaps it was designed to dazzle sensors. It might even be something that went on inadvertently, or automatically.
“The laser appeared to be part of the destroyer’s close-in weapon system, a PACFLEET spokeswoman told Insider.
“The laser, which was not visible to the naked eye, was captured by a sensor onboard the P-8A,” PACLFEET said.”
So shoot back.
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“A Chinese destroyer fired a weapons-grade laser at a US surveillance aircraft, US Navy says”
It’s a targeting laser, not a weapon. And we have targeted a number of their warships and aircraft in the past. An example of what we can do with them is the 2019 placement of a new naval strike missile and the newly mission-capable MQ-8C Fire Scout drone.
The new missile can travel more than 100 nautical miles, passively detect an enemy through imaging stored in its computer brain and can kill a target so precisely that an operator can tell it to aim for a specific point on a ship like the engine room or the bridge. And they would have to practice the use of it in place, so it has been targeted during exercises, at least.
rwood
Wild Weasel Time
” very surprise on the timing with the virus and everything. “
The Chinese have been saturated by propaganda from the time they are born. The ultimate impact of that may be to weaken the government’s control over the military who have been taught they are perpetually at war with the US. At some point they will have one of those people in charge who has an attitude or ego issue such that he can’t really follow his orders over what the voice in his head is telling him. This is the problem with ideological indoctrination. The Chinese government has actually told their people to push situations with the US whenever they have the chance. This is why the Chinese boats “bump” other ships. This happened recently when an American ship had to take last minute evasive action to avoid multi-million dollar damage. These actions aren’t ordered by the government per se. They are part of the government’s indoctrination. Very, very dangerous.
You are wrong, IMHO...
Incidents like these can be intentionally provoked in order to gather important related electronic intelligence...