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China submarines outnumber U.S. fleet: U.S. admiral
2015-02-26
"China is building some "fairly amazing submarines" and now has more diesel- and nuclear-powered vessels than the United States, a top U.S. Navy admiral told U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday, although he said their quality was inferior."

Posted by:Hupineger Glomomp15056

#8  All things equal, WILL GLOBALIST OBAMA OR ANY SIMILAR ANTI-US US GLOBALIST POTUS SUCCESSOR ESCALATE IN A CRISIS AGZ CHINA, IN DEFENSE OF US -ALLIED RIGHTS-N-INTERESTS, ETC.

Lest we fergit, ANALYSTS = argue that Non-US NATO-EU Govts are unlikely to oppose or stop Vladimir Putin = Russia in the absence of any DETERMINED OR STRONG US LEADERSHIP.

DITTO AS PER ME [Iran] + EAST ASIA-PACIFIC [China]??

The OWG Globalists have still NOT answered the question of "how much" is TOO MUCH, andor "how far" is TOO FAR, etc. for the Sole Superpower US-n-Only-The-US to unilaterally give up to its OWG Co-Superpower Siblings + NGO, Other Wannabes around the World.

Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-02-26 23:53  

#7  This AM ...

* JAPAN TIMES > US: CHINA IS EXPANDING ITS SOUTH CHINA SEA OUTPOSTS.

* TOPIX, WORLDNEWS, BIGNEWSNETWORK > CHINA PROJECTING SERIOUS POWER INTO DISPUTED SOUTH CHINA SEA.

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NOKOR = SSSHHHH ... CCCCCCC CHINA???

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > NORTH KOREA WARNS OF WIPING JAPAN [+ USA] "OFF THE WORLD MAP" [forevar!] OVER UN RESOLUTION | JAPAN TIMES.

* SAME > NORTH KOREA REPORTEDLY WARNS JAPAN IT WOULD TARGET JAPAN FIRST | FOX NEWS.

* SAME > DRAGON VS.EAGLE: SOUTH CHINA SEA BALANCE OF POWER.

Powerful-but-sinkable, Far-from-CONUS, Mobile US NIMITZ-CLASS CVNS + BGS; versus Immobile, Off-the-Coasts, "UN-SINKABLE" ARTIFICIAL CHINESE ISLANDS in SCS.

ARTIC = China + PLA, despite any probs early on, is likely to prevail in LT over the US = US Navy.

* SAME > MCCAIN POINTS TO "DRAMATIC CHANGES" IN CHINESE BUILT ISLANDS | DEFENSE-INDUSTRY NEWS.

VERSUS

* WORLD MILITARY FORUM > JAPAN: SINGLE OR JOINT US, JAPAN AIR AND MISSLE STRIKES AGZ YANGTZE RIVER NATIONAL RAILROAD SYSTEM COULD SERIOUSLY CRIPPLE OR DESTROY CHINA'S ABILITY TO WAGE WAR IN DISPUTED SOUTH, EAST CHINA SEAS + WESTPAC.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-02-26 23:41  

#6  There's probably a great of sigh of relief in the Pentagon + Capitol Hill that the Chuuk independence vote from the FSM has been delayed for a while, + indeed may be put off indefinitely.

Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-02-26 22:04  

#5  Everything old is new again. This argument was had in the 80's when Reagan built up the Navy. Its Sea Control vs Sea Denial. Go back and look up the debates about it - which produced the largest peacetime fleet we have ever had, and a variety of ships that served well, even the cheapo FFGs, but especially the LA Class boats and the fleet carriers - and even the resurrection of the BB's.
Posted by: OldSpook   2015-02-26 15:32  

#4  Subs don't project well but China is most likely interested in the seas around Taiwan. A bunch of subs could make that area troublesome in a fight. Same with the Sprately islands.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2015-02-26 14:24  

#3  NSA could Spoof an order to all Chinese submariners to open their portholes immediately!

Could help wash-out any Chinese of Darwinian decent.

Posted by: Slusoting Threper5874   2015-02-26 09:39  

#2  Coasties don't do projection very well. Not going to help protect the sea lanes hundreds, thousands of miles from Chinese ports. Point defense at the port of embarkation and debarkation maybe, but not the seas between.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-02-26 08:21  

#1  Maybe I should set my kid to study Mandarin.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-02-26 05:48  

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