[staytrue]

I agree with John H K. China is no threat to the US military. They will not be a threat for at least 50-100 years and maybe longer than that. Their military is becoming more modern. They still have nothing close to the F 22. They are interested in Taiwan but after that China is a threat to no one else. I don't think they have anything to match a single US carrier battle group. That means they can not project their power very far from home. The only country who can project power anywhere around the globe is the US.

[WarSlut]

They are interested in Taiwan but after that China is a threat to no one else.

Then you only half agree with John. He insists that Communist China is no threat to Taiwan, either (not in this thread, but in many, many others).

Your projection of China's threat to America puts the country in a heap of trouble smack dab in the middle of my baby girl's (and her family's) lifetime. That scares me as much as any immediate threat.

[GOP_1900AD]

No offense, but I advise viewing the threat environment, not in terms of any one nation, but in terms of likely consortia of nations. Particularly, consortia of nations who have overtly expressed hostility toward the West.

[Orion78]

China's new space launcher is also its newest strategic missile (2/14/03)

[Paul Ross]

They still have nothing close to the F 22

I've got some REALLY bad news for you. Neither do we. These are like 5 years away from any serious acquisition numbers. Too little. Too late. If the balloon is going up the next year or three...