[delapaz]

Step 2 should read:

...China calls in US Debt. President Palin selectively defaults all chinese-held US bonds and imposes high tariff's on chinese produced goods. Chinese economy crashes. Chinese peasantry revolts. The Peoples Liberation Army doesn't get paid in anything but monopoly money. They refuse to cross the straits, Chinese Taiwan laughs and laughs and laughs.

Well maybe it won't work out exactly that way, but we have lots of cards and we hold the whip hand.

The question, as always, is one of will.

[SeeSharp]

China calls in the US debt.

China cannot "call in" US debt. The most they can do is dump US treasuries on the open market, which would raise the interest rate on new treasury issues raising the US government's cost of borrowing.

[Balding_Eagle]

Americans tend not to think outside the box, as was evidenced by our stunned reaction to 9-11.

What? Oh, yeah, we were suppposed to just go on with our day, as though nothing extraordinary happened.

Same crazy American reaction happened after Pearl Harbor.

[aegiscg47]

Let's re-evaluate this once the J-20 reaches the deployment stage. The Chinese have a bad history of development issues, problems with engines, pilot training, etc., so to proclaim this as some kind of "wonder weapon" is a little premature.

[gandalftb]

Here is a line drawing:

There are lots of stealthy features to it. But it's effectiveness relies on the capability of its electronics, the Chinese have yet to compete with our AESA system and their air to air missiles are a bit primitive yet.

The key problem the Chinese have is a lack of AWACs type airborne, all weather, in flight, theater management systems.

The large internal bomb bays are indicative of more a fighter-bomber rather than interceptor. Todays use of such a platform would be for extended and persistent loitering over a battlefield to support ground operations.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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Step 4-A-1 : While the Red Chinese anti-satellite missiles are being tracked by NORAD ... the U.S. military ramps-up to DEF-CON-2



Step 4-A-2 : The POTUS is notified and immediately authorizes a Nuclear Retalitory Launch against these targets ... upon the first U.S. satellite's (potential) destruction:

ALL Red Chinese Missile Battalions (tactical and strategic)

An EMP Burst above the Three Gorges Damn

ALL Red Chinese Naval and Airforce bases on the Pacific Coast and Sea of Japan



Step 4-A-3 : The first U.S. Satellite is a "confirmed" kill ...



Step 4-A-4 : All U.S. missiles called-out in Step 4-A-1 are immediately launched ...



Step 4-A-5 : The POTUS decides the "up the ante" with an EMP airburst over Being and Shanghai ...



Step 4-A-6 : It's now been 85 minutes since the first U.S. Satellite was destroyed by the Red Chinese ...

1) All Red Chinese space assets are destroyed

2) The Three Gorges Damn is a useless wall of concrete

3) Bejing and Shanghia civilians and factories are in the "stone age" after their EMP pulse attacks ...

4) ALL Red Chinese Air and Naval bases are destroyed ...



Step 4-A-7 : The U.S. Navy is given orders to sink "every" Red Chinese naval vessel, incluing ALL of their Attack and Missile submarines ...



Step 4-A-8 : The POTUS and Congress authorize an "Act of War" against the Red Chinese government ...



Step 4-A-9 : The U.S. "cancels" as War Reparations ALL financial debts to the (defeated) Red Chinese government owned-banks ....



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[Tonytitan]

Everyone is assuming that the Chinese have squadrons of these ready to fly into combat. They have a technology demonstrator/proof-of-concept. Nothing more. Consider this:

1) It has yet to fly

2) It will break when it does. All Aircraft do in development.

3) They have NO experience operating stealth aircraft, let alone operating them in combat. The learning curve is steep. VERY steep. Even we can't keep our stealth planes at 80% combat readiness, and we've been doing this since the 80's.

4) All they have is a prototype. And a future hangar queen. They have none of the logistical support systems in place to turn this into an effective combat aircraft. We already have countermeasures in place. Stealth aircraft are not invisible to LADAR. Everyone needs to unclench.

[cranked]

“Stealthy Chinese J-20s make a sweep across Taiwan and engage Taiwanese F-16s, destroying several, who never even see the J-20s.” — Here is a thought: PUT THE CRACK PIPE DOWN, kkthx!?

Given the design of those J-20 engine outlets, any decent satellite or thermal-equipped radar system will pick them up and knock the Chinese piece of garbage into any local trash can. Heetseekers FTW.

[Citizen of the Savage Nation]

Who the hell keeps coming up with these assenine scenarios? see them all over the place, even from Popular Mechanics. Hint...dont quit your day jobs any time soon, and no, you didn’t stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night...