This is the photo from yahoo's page ...
Posted on 08/05/2010 12:26:20 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
ABOARD THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON – Nothing projects U.S. global air and sea power more vividly than supercarriers. Bristling with fighter jets that can reach deep into even landlocked trouble zones, America's virtually invincible carrier fleet has long enforced its dominance of the high seas.
China may soon put an end to that.
U.S. naval planners are scrambling to deal with what analysts say is a game-changing weapon being developed by China — an unprecedented carrier-killing missile called the Dong Feng 21D that could be launched from land with enough accuracy to penetrate the defenses of even the most advanced moving aircraft carrier at a distance of more than 1,500 kilometers (900 miles).
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Talk about "unrestricted naval warfare" ! ;-)
Actually, the best way to defeat China militarily is to use their population against them: 1.1 billion mouths need a LOT of food and water.
Cheers!
Come on now.. Those whitewalls on the missile rigs are pretty spiffy.. available at your local WallMart too. the whitewalls, not the rigs. :-)
Wholeheartedly agree. The Russians have been working around the clock to keep the Chinese from expanding their business interests in Central Asia, and I suspect that it’s the Russians who funnel support to the Chinese Moslems. The Chinese are by and large not foolish enough to want a war with the US, because no matter how costly they might make it for us, we would literally annihilate them. However, people do not always act sensibly, as we have reminded numerous times, such as the election of 2008.
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