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To: Michael.SF.

“That is the entire Chinese team vs. our one strike force.

How quickly could we transfer other ships to the area?”

That graphic is definitely not the whole picture, but it does indicate how the balance has been rapidly shifting.

The Chinese Navy is in the midst of buildup akin to something out of WWII - 50 100 ships per year.

They have fielded hypersonic missiles which were specifically designed to defeat our carriers, or keep them out of range. Their goal is to exclude the US and claim control of wide areas through the numbers, without actually having to fight. They will likely be installing missile batteries soon, if they are not there yet.

During the Clinton Administration, they got extensive intelligence on US vulnerabilities, and the specific technologies to attack them. They revised their investment strategies exactly against US weaknesses, and have now fielded a lot of that capability.

Clinton also got them admitted into the World Trade Organization, so that they were able to make the money to fund their massive buildup.

We can expect similar, or probably worse, sellouts of our National interests under a Hillary Administration. The Clintons may have grown rich like Ferdinand Marcos through public corruption (a few billion), but I believe that they want to become rich like Vladimir Putin (tens of billions).


26 posted on 05/27/2015 12:41:53 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

I’m not sure how eager we would be to move a carrier strike force into a hostile area with so many subs and air superiority.


56 posted on 05/27/2015 2:59:22 PM PDT by FreeInWV (Have you had enough change yet?)
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